New Beginnings

Seven days ago midnight came. 

Did you fall asleep like me?

Did you dream about the new year

and what it means to you?

How do you start your new year?

Do you start it with a bang?

Fireworks to celebrate the first

of many days to come.

Are you feeling afraid that this year

is the end?  How do you want to live it

if it really is the last year?

What do new beginnings mean to you?

Do you feel that it is a time

to start over, start fresh.

Let a new rose open your days

of new happiness.

We want happiness to last forever,

but as we begin a new year

our happiness

How does one begin to change?

Sometimes we find it hard to change

ourselves.

The beginning of the new year is

a time for new resolutions.

We often think we need to diet, exercise

and maybe quit smoking or drinking.

We try to quit bad habits.

We often want to change our ways

and try new things.

The new year is often a beginning

to start fresh.

Move to a new home, spend more time

doing the things that we like to do.

Welcome a new baby into our lives,

loss of a loved one

and we learn to let go.

Yet we go on.  We know they would

never want us to dwell in the past.

Cry and grieve, but go on.

Sometimes love is new and fresh

and we love the new beginnings

that hold promise of a new future

with the one that you love.

So cheers to the new 2012

and new beginnings for all.

Kick start your fresh new dawn.

Try to NaBloPoMo.

It’s fun.

Jennifer Jo Fay

Copyrighted January 7, 2012

http://jennyjofaypaperdolls.blogspot.com/  My blog where I am NaBloPoMo ing this month.

jenniferjofaypaperdolls.net  my paperdoll website where I also have a blog.