"A
Late Poem For the New Year 2007"
Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
February 23, 2007 6:38 a.m. pst
Yet another
stone in the path of existence
A brick in the wall of life's bold persistance
Steps in what hopefully show to be paradise
Years pass and years pass with scant time to criticize
Old mantras chanted or new rules remembered
Another February disappears among the embers.
Look in
the mirror of remembered reality
They who return the gaze laugh at the fallacy
Even the shape of the head's not familiar
More tis the pity, the whole image peculiar
So forget when dire memory cries out in pain
As we know it is apt to again and again
Calendars
ceased to appear on the walls
As pages fell faster than speeding pinballs
The careworn lines creasing the skin show dismay
A fleeting remembrance that life fasts away
A wan rollercoaster careens out of sight
Ne'er to return disappears in the night.
Which means
of course morning appears if on schedule
Advancing the year just one more day most faithful
Believe fill with promise, forget time's great joke
Unburden the mind, and emerge from the yoke
Forget all life's troubles, laugh away all life's pains
Elbow aside life's regrets, and polish life's stains
Smash metaphorical
mirrors and remove from the wall
Any form of reminder that time takes it's toll
We shall live day to day, hour to hour, min to sec
Exist now in the moment, never bother to check
As the Poems for the New Year pile up in the tens
Leave the book open wide and keep ink in the pens
Poetry
2007
