A balloon for the new year
Dec 31, 2023
Everybody, you can exhale –
Goodbye now 2023.
Put down your agitations, travails,
Dismiss the absolute gravity
Of the last 12 months’ narrative.
Needed: a fresh imperative
Encouraging you to ascend
To optimism. I recommend
The vantage of sunny prospects,
Where you put clouds in paper bags,
Wave your own forever flags,
Happiness — a worthy project
For 2024. Be wise,
Fall upwards to a year’s new skies.
