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Open like a door before me Be it sun or rain or stormy Each new year gapes like yawning chasms, dark And for all my silly scheming All my notions and my dreaming Passion's flames won't ever light without a spark (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) I can not see your face from here But how I long to draw you near And hold you to my bosom like a child Oh New Year, won't you sing for me And drown the sad cacophony Of all the years behind me, lost and wild (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) You see, I'd been to hell and back A hundred times when I lost track Of all the hopes that blossomed in my youth With poisons making life surreal I'd lost the will to thrive or feel Until the kiss of death revealed my truth (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) This year I dream of someone new The mirrored face that longs to do The things that he has loosened to the wind To let go of the fears that bind That paralyze his heart and mind And never feel embarrassed or chagrined (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) I want to grasp life with both hands To twirl my spirit on the sands Of time, and never look back to redeem But make the most of moments, each Let laughter, love and friendship teach My soul the things I never dared to dream (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) Burn bright with the hopes of my music and pen Burn bright with the fire that can love me again Burn bright with the dreams that churn deep in my heart Burn bright with the flames of a joyous new start (Oh New Year please burn bright for me) And I will burn bright ... for YOU. ~ 1st Place ~ in the "Soon It Will Be 2019" Poetry Contest, Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer, Judge & Sponsor.
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