New Year's Poem

Instead of writing a list of resolutions, I wrote a poem...

The year has finally ended

A new leaf has been turned

Today I sit here, looking back

At all the things I’ve learned

My contemplating isn’t

Bound to last year alone

But to the past two years, indeed,

The love and heartache known

The hardships that I have faced

The tears that I have cried

The trials that I’ve struggled through

The happiness denied

Means nothing when I compare

To all the good I’ve found

The knowledge – truths – that I have gained

The loved ones, all around

It’s true, about the past years,

They have been hell indeed

But it can’t, won’t!, be denied:

They have been what I need

It’s because of what transpired

That I’ve found this new life

That I have this happy family

That I’m once again a wife

So, future, bring what you will!

We’ll face all that you send!

Together, with God in our hearts,

We’ll see through to the end