Happy New Year.

As we move into another year, we should all give thanks that we get to usher in another one. We experienced tragedy, triumph, banal ordinary days, and fitful nights. We were not in control of events; but we survived. Just say thanks to whatever higher power you believe in, and move on through. The journey is magnificent, if you allow it. You get to control the clock. You set the hands. Make it pass slowly.

New Year’s Resolution.

The wall clock in the office
moved like a New Year’s Resolution.
It began its journey
with measured steps,
and the long thin arms
moved steadily around the fulcrum,
ticking and tocking
with a regular rhythm.
He moved into the last day of the year,
and let nature take its course.
As time passed,
the arms of the clock
slowed.
He felt an imperceptible movement
of gears,
grinding in a slow rhythm.

He resolved to let the time pass.

Whatever he did,

he would rely on the tardy clock
for an important task,
and time would have passed him by.

His New Year’s Resolution
was too slow
to follow him into the future.
He would need to make
a new one.

But, was a resolution the answer?

Should he instead,
in a burst of inspiration,
just go out and buy a new clock?