Another New Year’s Day
It’s another New Years Day
Another new beginning
In the middle of the week
In a continuum of average
I get the day off
For which I am thankful
Because these weeks around the holidays
Are so pregnant with expectation
That dragging my ass to the office
More than three days a week
Is brutal
Tomorrow will be Friday
So today I’ll start the year
And tomorrow I’ll finish the week
These two days will hitch a ride
On the year before
Like baby monkeys
Clinging to the back of their mother
Today I will pause
For a bit of reflection
And a lot of planning
I make progress each year
By not making resolutions
I prefer to remind myself
Of where I succeeded
Before I list where I fell flat
So that when I chide myself
On the shortcomings
It’s tempered with the understanding
That I’m not a complete fuck-up
I will start the year with sweetness
Cinnamon rolls warm from the oven
An unrushed morning
Of peaceful joy
The year ahead
Regardless of whatever triumphs
Are in store for me
Will hold its share
Of stress, worry, defeat, and despair
I know this going in
So today I purposely
Make sure there is at least
An equal measure of all things good
I have learned
After not just other New Years
But through all those years
That I have the ability
To infuse my life
With peace, love, and light
And that I am the fulcrum
Between the light
And the dark
Since I won’t get to choose
When painful events occur
I make sure I find the good
In everything
Any time I can
So that there is an abundance available
To draw from in times of need
And I start each new year
Off on the right foot
In the hopes that the rest of the year
Will be the same
Even though I know it won’t
So while this is just another New Year’s Day
Any day that I’m here
Will never be just another anything
It will be the best day
I can make it be
And I will do my best
To make each succeeding day
Each succeeding year
Something worth remembering
Something worth doing
And something worth looking forward to
Happy New Year
Happy today
Happy tomorrow
