Kick It Down

I see you standing by the door, your hesitancy clear. Enter to be fawned upon, embraced with love my dear. And yet there is that moment, a tension lost in thought. Your prior self is lurking and it bothers you a lot. You know the story, heard the cries, the sobbing in the night. You hope it is within your grasp to set the damn thing right. And yet I see you holding back, your knuckle in your mouth. It wouldn’t take more than a nudge to send the whole thing south. The prior year has set a standard not so very grand. And your job is to rush the stage, a most courageous stand. Where 2020 squeezed us in an iron-mailed fist. 2021 you’re here to show us what we missed. The endless possibilities flash by in fading light. Very little grace recalled, but tons and tons of spite. And you still stand there by the door, your hesitancy clear. Kick it down, step inside, we need you brand New Year!