New Year New Life

I told good bye to that old life

A new life I am living now

I told good bye to that old me

Now I am a new person

You haven’t seen me since

I don’t need any medication anymore

It is a miracle that my depression is gone

I am free

And I don’t have it anymore

A new life

I am enjoying it

Meeting new people

A new life

Full of new friends

A new life to share with that someone I love

A new life

I don’t want to miss another day

After all a new life is here

For now I will be single

But for not too long

Because I have found the one I love

A new life

Full of romance coming my way

A new life

Full of reasons to celebrate

A new life

A time to pray

So that me and my soul can be in peace

A new life

I want to walk down the road

And breathe that fresh air

I want to paint the sky blue

And the grass and the flowers yellow

And I want to paint the strawberries red

A new life

For me has just begun

How beautiful the turning of the year!

A moment artificial yet profound

Point upon an arbitrary chart

Passing like a breath upon the heart,

Yearning with anticipation wound,

New hope in old-fashioned cheer.

Even when the boundary line is clear,

We recognize the oneness of the ground.

Years, like circles, do not end or start

Except we lay across their truth our art,

Adjusting dates as they go round and round

Revolving to a tune long sung and dear.