NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
By Galaxy Starborn
My New Year’s resolutions
whiz down a paper-white
superhighway,
lined with confetti,
then stop-and-go
on the Freeway
of Unfree Illusions
and wait, at the next exit,
while a long train of self-doubt
roars by.
The ghosts of holidays past
still lurk in the shadows
as I spy a stone Buddha
sitting serenely on the front porch,
bathed in moonlight.
Home.
Here.
Now.
Breathing deep,
beyond the cobwebby tales
and the cackling voices
that used to haunt me,
I park my consciousness
deep in a cosmic womb
where stars beckon tenderly
amidst inky-black archives
and sparkling words are born.
Sipping a cup of chamomile tea,
slowly I turn the page of destiny
and channel the humming of my heart:
“With each rising of the sun,
may we resolve to write
a new life-story.
With each rising of the moon,
may we resolve to sing
our blessings.
With each step we take,
each choice we make,
may we resolve to build
a New Earth of Love
and to co-author
a happy New Year.”
