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Oh New Year, Burn Bright

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.

Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2018

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Line Gauthier Date: 1/12/2019 4:38:00 PM Congrats on another well deserved gold medal win, Gregory. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:50:00 AM Thank you very much, Line! :-) <3

Bawa Talwar Date: 1/8/2019 8:14:00 PM Awesome ! You've implored like a child n such genuine flow of emotions. Congratulations on your win ! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:50:00 AM Thank you so very much, Bawa, I so greatly appreciate your comments, friend! :-)

Sandra Haight Date: 1/7/2019 9:06:00 AM Stunningly amazing, sublimely beautiful, and superbly written, Greg. And, I pray that all these soul-searching hopes do fulfill your dreams come true this year. Congratulations on your well-deserved top of the podium win, and a FAV for me too. Sandra 3> Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:50:00 AM Oh, thank you so very kindly, Sandra, I greatly appreciate these beautiful and heartfelt comments of yours, and I'm so appreciative of your sweetness and friendship. Blessings to you! :-) <3

P.S. Awtry Date: 1/7/2019 8:32:00 AM This is beautiful on every level. It is magical and doesn't seem like a mortal could have done it. It is one of your many pieces that I feel is indisputable evidence of the Divine...Ok so obviously this is a FAV... (Wow) Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:48:00 AM This comment just blew me away, PS, and I appreciate it more than I can express ... I believe we are all just tools for a higher power, (whatever each of us believes that to be), and this one came very fluid and smooth ... those are the precious ones, when you know they're from "elsewhere". Blessings and thanks, Dear Friend! :-) <3

Wendy Watson Date: 1/7/2019 3:49:00 AM This blew me away,Greg. I hope many of these aspirations will be truths achieved as you reflect back come December! Thank you for your frankness about past mistakes and fears which we have all to some extent experienced and I do wish you a very happy new year. Wendy Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:46:00 AM Oh, this is such a sweet comment, Wendy, and so greatly appreciate it my friend ... you are always so kind and honest, and I am grateful for your friendship and words! Blessings! :-) <3

Cecelia Hopkins-Drewer Date: 1/7/2019 1:12:00 AM Congratulations Gregory. You gave us rhyme and rhythm, lyrical patterning and lyrical sentiments! I liked the poem in other ways too, but essentially it won number one for technical excellence. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:45:00 AM This means so much to me, Cecelia, as I worked very hard on this one, and truly put my heart and soul into it - I am honored and humbled to be on a winner's list with such amazing poets! Blessings and thanks, my friend! :-) <3

John Hamilton Date: 12/31/2018 11:09:00 AM Love the contents substance Greg, hopes and desires burn bright, hope all yours are soon realized! Loved the rhyme scheme used, lyrical poetry at it's best, loved the refrain also! Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:44:00 AM Thank you so much, my good friend, I thought (and hoped) you might like this one. Blessings, Bud! :-)

Charles Messina Date: 12/31/2018 5:15:00 AM Another gem to add to your great list of classics Greg. Been busy of late...I hope you had a nice Christmas and I wish for you to have a Happy and joyful New Year my dear friend. Charlie Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:43:00 AM Thank you so very much, Charlie, I so appreciate your kind words and friendship! :-)

Tom Cunningham Date: 12/31/2018 2:37:00 AM We never know what it will bring but I hope it burns bright for you. Happy new year Gregory. Tom Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 3/3/2019 12:43:00 AM Thank you so much, Tom, that is very kind, Brother! :-)