New Year’s Resolve

Meet the New Year with a smile, as enigmatic as Mona Lisa's. Because it can be full of surprises, mysterious and unexpected. If you believe that anything is possible. Even peace. Even love. 

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White Christmas

There was a dusting of snow, just enough to make it a white Christmas, as if a mantle of hope had covered the earth, as if a ray of light had brightened the night, as if all could still change for the better, and a sense of peace and reassurance would finally be here.

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choosing the right path

it's not always easy
to choose
the right path
sometimes we're lost
looking for direction
life doesn't come
with instructions 
love doesn't come
with guarantees
but it's all
in the searching 
longing
dreaming
what keeps us moving
forward
not what lures us
backwards 

Ⓒ 2021 magicofwords

an apple ago

you offered me
an apple
as tempting as it was
I knew it would 
end badly
against all
my better instincts 
I took a bite
and here we are
neither fulfilled 
nor together 
it was a risk
not worth taking

Ⓒ 2021 magicofwords

Today

I planted seeds
in 30-degree weather 
hoping for a miracle

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Autumn

it's a transitional time
between love
and loss
as leaves fall
so do our feelings
sinking, fading
soon it will be
winter 
and the cold
will remind me
of the last time
you looked at me

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the bridge between us

sometimes you seem
so distant
no bridge between us
to meet halfway 
you're in a world 
all of your own
I don't know
how to reach you
or what's on
your mind
if love is fading 
tell me
before I walk away
because I won't 
fight for something 
so intangible 
it shouldn't be
this hard
it shouldn't be
this painful
it shouldn't—

Ⓒ 2021 magicofwords

living with uncertainty

there is a certain level of uncertainty in life
that can be either
exhilarating anticipation
of good things
to unfold in time
or dreaded outcome 
it's up to you
to make it the former

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summer endings

the end of summer
feels like a breakup 
a lost love
you cherished for
a fleeting season
but wasn't meant
to everlast
all you have left
is memories
and petals tucked
between the pages of an unfinished book

© 2021 magicofwords

lost at sea

it's that feeling
that comes and goes
in waves

finding your way
through a storm
is not always easy

but calmer waters
await somewhere
on the horizon

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