Resolutions

Something for the New Year, and not quite the traditional New Year resolutions, but something different yet still a kind of resolution.

Resolutions

A New Year, and a new hope,
For those who struggle to cope,
Those downcast, those so poor:
Behold, I am waiting at the door,
For an opening, beginnings, apart,
In which we come with open heart,
Into the unknown, the year ahead,
With trepidation, sometimes dread:
For who can tell, and light the way;
A call comes: let nothing you dismay,
And despite the weather, the cold,
Be of brave heart, become bold:
Take courage, take a lion’s breath,
And choose life, not the way of death;
As the hour glass trickles out its sand,
Reach out, and take another’s hand;
Be of good cheer, you are not alone:
The cup of kindness will be shown;
Though the sleet is gently falling,
Snowdrops bloom and love is calling.