Echoes

Old times slip away A year in a day Through happy and sad Highlights peace most glad Fond memories stay A good cache of strays Weary hours take flight Fade away from sight Here on rough terrain Cast out the old pains Set our common view On new year's fond cue The old year's last light Greets new year's insight New light from old dark Darkness lights a spark Morning glow and mist Hurls new year's promise. Echoes of old hint Bright visions now mint Songs from old times now Renewed here somehow Joy spreads sanguine cheer Love lives now and here The passage of time Brings message that chimes The moment awaits Grand fate at love's gate Echoes from within Grace the world unseen A stillness spurs cheer Beauty greets truth here May you live most clear: A Happy New Year Leon Enriquez 31 December 2014 Singapore