A New Year, A New Me, New Goals but Old Memories.

The start of a new year means new beginnings, new goals and new memories. But a new year also means reflecting on the past and perhaps strolling down good old memory lane...and sometimes, memory lane can be quite entertaining.

At the beginning of this new year, I found writings and poems I had written many, many years ago. One poem in particular caught my attention as I thought I had lost it after several computer crashes. My friends at the time had fallen in love with this poem and used many of its lines in their AIM status (this should help you to know how old this poem truly is, as no one uses AIM messaging anymore). Nevertheless, I would like to share this poem with you as I reflect on the time I wrote this and ponder on the new excitement and joy 2010 shall bring me.


Sometimes I wonder
How the world works.
Why it turns the way it does,
From right to left, and not left to right.

Sometimes I wonder
Why people do the things they do.
How and why they think that way,
Please tell me you don’t do it too!!

It seems like everyone is hiding something
That they kind of want to share.
But sometimes something is really nothing
And that anxiety tends to cause despair.

I wish the world was different,
A much better place.
Where people can be free
And nothing can get in the way.

If only there were something
A manual per say,
Which would help us through life’s journeys
So we will never fall astray.

Everyone deals with great struggles
That they may or may not have made,
Much like a sweet young girl,
That always held on and prayed.

The girl stands by the window.
Holding her precious little doll,
Prays by herself aloud
As the rain gently falls.

She wonders what waits before her,
Looking through the glass.
With all of life's mysteries,
She hopes that happiness will forever last.
But as she grows older,
She realizes her great strength,
She must now let go of the doll,
And experience life’s great pains.

Throughout this world
No one can stand the test of time.
The young girl must open the window
And gaze at the new sunshine.

See, her friends are there waiting
As the flowers begin to bloom,
She knows that she will find happiness,
And forget about the times that were blue.

The young girl knew
That friends are all she ever needs
For when people around you love you,
You'll never have anything to fear.

As we find obstacles in our view
And we want to turn the other way,
We must remember that good times are yet to come
And know that there is always another day.

For when our time comes
To leave this great big world,
We must know we found happiness in important things
And saw life as a beautiful ocean pearl.

Now I know I can’t just wonder
For the young girl taught me how
To always look on the bright side of life
No matter the number of doubts.

So we all now must look out the window
And hope that the rain will soon stop.
Because when the sunshine comes out
We will see the rainbow upon the mountaintop.