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new year vow
An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren
new beginnings – arbitrary
fresh vows we know we won’t keep
but every year we say we will
what if we picked one thing we truly want
and pasted it on the wall above our workplace
and designed steps, small steps that might get us there – or close
each week to work on a tiny step with that goal in mind
or forgotten in the busy-ness of life
only concentrating on one of the steps we’d designed
until we end up with our goal in sight
ahh, it would really be a happy new year then
split decision
a senryu about preserving one group by creating another
split decision
senryu
praying for wisdom
urging new group to ponder
leave ours to writing