a few days to the new year
It was the train pulling out of the station, and no one was waving...
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a few days to the new year
resolutions are meaningless
if it's all talk
the rustle of plastic
as we tear away
a packaging
the popping of bubble wrap
on idle days
why cynicism then
biting like acid
on flesh?
this bile bitter
as the beast
in the desert?
then a step
a step a day
the sun rises
the sun will set
will the year then be
the green leaf on the bough
catching the sunlight
or the brown dying one
dropping to the asphalt
to be swept and buried
in a dark drain?
26/12/2011
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an old, unpublished, angry poem brooding in my journals. Ditch the anger, have a safe and happy 2019, friends!
Facing West - Auld Lang Syne
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2018
a few days to the new year
resolutions are meaningless
if it's all talk
the rustle of plastic
as we tear away
a packaging
the popping of bubble wrap
on idle days
why cynicism then
biting like acid
on flesh?
this bile bitter
as the beast
in the desert?
then a step
a step a day
the sun rises
the sun will set
will the year then be
the green leaf on the bough
catching the sunlight
or the brown dying one
dropping to the asphalt
to be swept and buried
in a dark drain?
26/12/2011
**********
an old, unpublished, angry poem brooding in my journals. Ditch the anger, have a safe and happy 2019, friends!
Facing West - Auld Lang Syne
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2018
Labels: december, ennui, heartlands, hope, mood, New Year, Poetry, urban
posted by dsnake1 at 2:28 PM
15 Comments:
May the new year be green and prosperous...
maybe there is nothing we can do about it, but we can hope.
And whether the year is green with growth or brown with decay lies so much in our hands. That is the scary part. Lovely to see you, Lee San.
A most powerful poem! Happy New Year!❤️
I have never made resolutions! Indeed they are meaningless, as most often they are NOT kept. And as for your last stanza, we never know what they year will bring -- will it focus on the green leaves or be overpowered by the brown dying ones?
I was brought up short by the first poem--that idea that the old year was just unworthy of even being waved off. Striking image.
Yes. Ditch the anger. Start the New Year with hope fresh and green.
Sometimes anger is justifiable, or at least understandable – and in this case the expression of it becomes a thing of beauty. Better to turn anger into a poem, perhaps, than some other things we could do with it. In the questions you raise at the end, I see a glimmer of hope.
Excessive packaging is one of my pet peeves, happy to see it addressed in a poem.i am hoping the year will be the green leaf on the bough. Against all odds. Smiles.
Bjorn,
thank you!
let’s hope the new year will be better. :)
Sherry,
i think , yes, it’s in our hands.
lovely to see you too. :)
Sanaa,
thank you!
great to see you! Have a Happy New Year too. :)
Mary,
i have stopped making resolutions too, i just promise myself to be a better person than the previous year, and most years i couldn’t even meet that.
i am hoping for the green leaves, but look at what type of person was elected the president of the country wth the largest rain forests? :(
Chrissa,
ugh, you read the preamble/intro too? thank you! :)
Toni,
Yes!
thank you. :)
Rosemary,
loved your comment. anger is a negative thing, but it can be channelled into creative energy. the same can be said for hunger and grief.
i like to add some element of hope, even if only a small sliver, in my first post of the year. :)
Sherry,
yes, we shall prevail and win against all odds! :)
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Hi Anon,
thank you. :)
I hope you had a nice one! :-) Beautiful poem, though.
Thank you, Cuban!
so far so good. :)
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