New Year

A Poem by Laura Harrison

So tomorrow is a new year

A new chance to put the wrongs in our life right

And to make ourselves into a new person

But what if we actually were born again each New Year?

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes

What if our lives started anew?

And every mistake that we had made was erased

Every bad memory, vanished?

There are times when I wish that I could start all over

When life gets on top of me

And I am drowning in a sea of my mistakes

I just want a clean slate.

But then I realize

That I wouldn’t just forget about the bad things in my life

But also the good

So maybe I wouldn’t start my life again even if I could

In life, there is never a straight road

Nothing ever goes smoothly

And sometimes, we make mistakes

But we need to realize that this is okay

None of us are perfect but all of us are great

So instead of waiting for the New Year

Let’s make the most of the life that we have today

© 2013 Laura Harrison

Author's Note

More of a ramble of thoughts than a poem, but oh well.

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Winter Renee Vineyard

Very good write! That's they way to look at life! Just live day by day......never let your past mock you! Amen!

Posted 10 Years Ago

Moniba

A very nice message. Don't we all wish for that? A skip, an escape, or a start over.. Once my teacher told me that every day is a new start. Each morn, when the sun comes up, it opens new paths, new doors for us. We have to find them, we have to want to find them. We can find new beginnings every single day!!
And that with all our past memories and experiences too... The bad and the god, they make us. And they're over.

Posted 10 Years Ago

Rose of many colours

Gods greatest gift to man is a soul. Life is a wonder in it self we just have to live one day at a time cause that is all we are allowed. keep writing