beginning again (it's a clean slate, right?)

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Open Poetry #34

beginning again (it's a clean slate, right?)

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2005-01-02 01:25 PM

beginning again
(it’s a clean slate right?)

what does one do
if there’s chalk residue,
erasings and casings,
wrappers and goo?

shoes in the parlor
trash in the trash
leavings and weavings
of a New Year’s night bash

or maybe more truthful
the leavings of months
and scatters of papers
from last-minute hunts

gifts and treasures
abide in the corners
enjoying abundance
from sweet-friendly donors

they wait for a place
to abide in their wait
for use or employment
at some future date

thankful, we are,
for the gifts we receive
reluctant, we are,
to cease to perceive

the caring from others
when the new year is new
and the weather more gloomy
neath gray sky, not blue

to freshen our lives
we must freshen our state
brighten the hallways
lighten our gait

let the joy from our loved ones
drip and sprinkle about

reign in our smiles,
twinkle our eyes,
liven our laughter,
ignite our sighs

©January 2, 2005

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.