Ring in the New

I’ll DODGE the errors of the past, I think
Too much at STAKE, I realize –
for I am no longer a mere girl
or even in my PRIME.
I have less time in front
of me than before
I’m not looking to take center stage –
no high-kicking role in a fancy REVUE –
Yet any life lived well takes VERVE
and quite a bit of NERVE.
So let me pull myself together
I’ll set my agenda –
a new year has arrived –
I must make the most of my time!

Georg’ann

Perhaps it is yearning itself
I YEARN for. Contentment
NEVER aches in the delicious
ways of consuming desire.
Motivated to action, having
the NERVE to strive, to seek.

Whereas I begin this new year
accepting each moment, prepared
to receive what is offered
gratefully. Comfy in my covers
remembering my youthful self.
No hurry to move, nothing calling.

Heather