On this first day of this new year I will go down to the ocean to walk in the company of waves and birds that stalk the sea. I will offer away all my troubles, my burdens, my grief, my worries, my petty suffering. I will turn my back to the city, its noise and greed and dirt and confusion. I will wish for another day like this, cold and clear, its center turning on itself endlessly-- And for another chance to greet those who are, and were and ever will be, those who have my past and present and future as I have theirs, my friends, my family, my dear creatures who I love and who love me. I will listen to the roaring air to take away all the tears, this day by the ocean eternally coming and going, breathing and breathing yet again.
Resolution
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I will go down to the ocean
to walk in the company of waves
and birds that stalk the sea.
I will offer away all my troubles,
my burdens, my grief, my worries,
my petty suffering.
I will turn my back to the city,
its noise and greed and dirt and confusion.
I will wish for another day like this,
cold and clear, its center
turning on itself endlessly--
And for another chance
to greet those who are, and were
and ever will be, those who have
my past and present and future
as I have theirs,
my friends, my family, my dear creatures
who I love and who love me.
I will listen to the roaring air
to take away all the tears,
this day by the ocean
eternally coming and going,
breathing and breathing yet again.