Rememberings of this year past
carry some weight
and make it difficult
to leap into the new year
Does it help that we assign
these demarcations
dividing our lives
into segments?
Does it ease our path going forward
or is it simply about
giving ourselves another chance
to make things right?
Do we get to wipe the slate clean
and write a new story
Or are there other ways
to bring the Past into the Present?
I’d like to think the Past
provides some ground work -
In an almost literal way
Living necessitates that we
process what’s past so that
it becomes fertile soil
for regeneration
Life isn’t the linear path we expected
It does, thankfully,
offer us a richness of opportunities
to work the soil
while we play in the dirt.
