Good bye 2020, yes for sure! Hello 2021, welcome here! This afternoon, I wrote a couple poems to end this tumultuous year with my eyes on the next.
Standing on the Precipice
December 31, 2020
Today I stand on a precipice
2020 here
2021 there
My heart yearns
For the normalcy
Of
2019
2018. . .
2020 stopped me
in my tracks
The world stopped
turning
Ten months shut-down
Shelter-in-place
Quarantine
Words I wasn’t familiar with
Before 2020
The new normal
Masks
Social distance
Wash your hands often
The life we live now
To protect us
To protect you
Good bye 2020
With your excruciating
Pain and loss
With your deep lessons
Of spiritual changes
With the coronavirus
Taking center stage
Hello 2021
Can you be new?
The same?
Normal?
Just a little bit!
I stand here
On the edge
One foot in 2020
One foot reaching
Stretching
For 2021
I extend my hands
To the future
To the unknown
To possibility
I still believe
God is here
In this moment
In the midst
Of life
In 2020
God will be in 2021
Also
Today, He gently grabs my hand
To jump into this next year
To face the uncertain future
To know the goodness of life
Yes, 2020 is over–Good bye!
Thank God!
2021 is here! Hello!
I’m ready!
We Get to Start Again!
December 31, 2020
A new year
A new beginning
Standing on the brink
Of 2021
I revel in its newness
A new year
With so many possibilities
Possibly more desirable
Because it’s 2021
Hope abounds!
A new day dawns
Upon a tired citizenry!
I smell anticipation in the air
I taste joy in each bite
I hear hope in cheerful voices
I feel kindness unfolding worldwide
Yes, we start anew
2021
A fresh slate
To write my dreams on
To sketch out my desires
To scrawl and doodle my ambitions
It can happen
Yes, the coronavirus is
Still here,
The surge continues
The cases and deaths mount,
But the vaccine provides a possibility
I must honor
The place where I am,
Before I can move forward
But as I stand
On the edge
Of 2021
For the first time
In months
I feel different
A sliver of hope
A dash of optimism
A smidgen of return to my old life
A glimmer of hope
Join me
Right now
In the universal
Circle of hope!
Good bye 2020, hello 2021! Do take this time to be mindful of this year behind us and one ahead!
And here’s a little humor to start the new year!
~Visit my Christmas blog posts:
- Did the Coronavirus “Stay At Home” Rulings Affect Your Christmas Plans? https://laradasbooks.com/2020/12/27/did-the-coronavirus-stay-at-home-ruling-affect-your-christmas-plans/
- Lin & Larada’s Christmas Newsletter and Decorations:https://laradasbooks.com/2020/12/24/lin-and-laradas-christmas-newsletter-decorations/
- Charles Dicken’s Message for Christmas 2020:https://laradasbooks.com/2020/12/20/charles-dickens-message-for-christmas-2020/
- What is Your Favorite Christmas Memory?https://laradasbooks.com/2020/12/17/whats-your-favorite-christmas-memory/
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