New Day

Chains of the past drag us down,
because we allow them to.

Just break the bonds of this death,
to do what is good and right.

From frozen waste comes new life, 
A New Year And a New Day,
Full of opportunity.

Grab a hold, without complaint,
And it will start to work out.

Did you design your own bed?
Are you where you want to be?

Just as a new day rises,
and a phoenix from the ashes,
we can start again at life.

For it is like growth in spring,
beginning unseen, to rise,
then, as a flash, it breaks forth,
So, the barren world can live.

Look above for all your help,
and Pray to be born again.

Nothing can stop you,  my friends,
for it's life that's on your side.

Let the pain roll off your back,
rising up to battle death,


We can begin a new day.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
January 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM
Congrats on your win in the "New Beginnings" contest Christopher. Love, Carol
Bunton Avatar
January 5, 2012 at 3:37 PM
Thank You!!
Dietrich Avatar
December 30, 2011 at 10:38 AM
very nice, Christopher .Congratulations on your well deserved win.
Bunton Avatar
December 30, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Thank You!!
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
December 30, 2011 at 2:07 AM
Congraulations x
Bunton Avatar
December 30, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Thank You!!
Pettit Avatar
December 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Christopher, congratulations on this entry being chosen among the winners in this contest. Good write, even though in your first verse, you violated one of the cardinal rules of grammar: never end a sentence with a preposition. That line would look grammatically better as: "We allow the chains of the past to drag us down". Everything else looks fine.
Bunton Avatar
December 29, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Thank You for the info!
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