Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year

The Rear View


Here we are
Another year in the rearview
Yet nothing is new
At first glance,
We seem to have come far
But far is not far
When our mind is in the same place.
Year after year
We find ourselves here
Making new resolutions
Ignoring solutions
To the biggest problem we face.
We keep talking about the same thing,
And doing nothing.
Since the beginning of time
Answers have been ours to find
It has been written on the wall
If there is to be change at all,
It’s gotta begin with you and I
Or dream after dream will die
With the innocent victims that die
As we war and fight brother against brother.
Have we no love one for another?
We can’t let this year end like the rest
With a deluge of violence and unrest
We can make a change, yes we can
Take my hand
And I will take yours
Together we can walk through the door
Together we can bring peace
Together we can make wars cease
Or must we end another year
Looking in the rearview
And finding nothing new?

copyright P. Newman-Harris


Happy New Year to all!