The Last Day Slips Into the Next
written by: Christine Piatek
Like most of life’s parameters,
our yearly cycle is a construct,
marking time to reap what we have sown,
knowing when to sleep and when
to go about the fullness of each day.
For all of human time,
we’ve marked the years with celebrations,
rituals sparked by culture, religion, social norms,
the need for order, desire for joy.
Sweep out the old year,
all the bits of hurtful dust,
ring in the new with merriment,
nostalgia too,
resolve, intentions, goals and dreams
to turn the page, anew.
Still, stepping over the razor-thin threshold
of the changing hour of the new budding day
changes nothing
for the masses who struggle,
have little to eat,
and no voice in their human progress.
As we mark the coming circle of days, let us
honor, mourn, expect, perhaps regret,
love, commit, rest, resolve,
and strive to see the next year’s end
with praise for human progress,
and the light of yet another.
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