New Year Opening Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

3: 27 p.m.

A new year almost upon us, filled with unknown situations
and circumstances, yet we will step into it anyway, not
knowing what to expect.

Perhaps becoming closer to those we love, learning to better
appreciate them along with friends and strangers who will in-
evitably cross our paths.

Another year to fill our calendars with appointments and many
events, will we have any space left for ourselves and loved
ones to be and do things together?

Will this be the year that we fail or succeed in life, will
our goals be attained or fade into yesterday's hopes without
ever being recognized?

So many questions, do we have our individual answers to them,
or will we have nothing but excuses instead, just like all
the previous years we've already lived through?

Are we going to embrace this new year with hope and faith
in God or be led down the lonely path of least resistance
and temptation?

Impossibilities waiting along our individual paths through
life, hoping to blossom and bring the fruitfulness of life
into our beings.

Will we be open to them or carry on like the year before,
ignoring them along with any possibilities of improving our
attitudes, moods and lives?

In the silence of your thoughts perhaps you're now becoming
aware of your potential, maybe not, but the world is now
opening to your imagination, you can do or be anything you
want, it's totally up to you only.
Copyright: 3: 28 p.m. 12/26/15 RoseAnn V. Shawiak