Hello all – I am back, just in time to chase the old year out of the door and welcome in the new with a huge sigh of relief.
Wherever you are, and whoever you are, I wish you all a wonderful 2014, whether it arrives with a bang or just waits patiently for you to notice it.
I am looking forward to change, creativity, love, peace, friends, family and happiness. Oh, and just a smidge of writing – because that’s how I roll!
I hope you enjoy my poem – Happy New Year!
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– Embrace the New –
The last moments of this year are almost departed The countdown to next year resounds in our heads We pause, all is silent, the moment is on us The chimes ring out twelve times – the new year is here!
Let the London Eye spin, resplendent and glorious With rainbow-hued lights and brilliant flame Old River Thames reflects our festivities Look out to the future, let our hearts beat again
What will this gift of a fresh new year bring us? What will we learn, create or complete? Possibilities are endless, if only we allow it Embrace the unknown, take a chance, a blind leap
So now, let’s enjoy the chimes as they ring out The smiles, the cheers and the old Auld Lang Syne A fresh start, a clean sheet, a year not yet written Happy 2014 – let adventures begin!
Here is this week’s entry into the weekly challenge brought to us by the lovely Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Here are the rules: Use the photo as inspiration, write a hundred(ish) words – and share! Here goes my offering for this week – and I welcome your comments again!
This is where it happens, the moment that changes my life. This is where I step out – my old world stops.
That’s what happens when you don’t pay attention. Life’s carefully crafted plan disappears in a squeal of brakes and rubber.
I’m lucky. The bus driver sees me at the last second.
I’m watching as my old life turns to dust in the distance. I open the window, shove my briefcase out, closely followed by my tie, jacket and hand-tooled shoes. A one way ticket to the airport is crumpled and sweaty in my hand.
My new life start here.
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