New Year's poem

The New Year greets me with open arms, then realizes we are not fully acquainted. 

The New Year swirls around me like a cat wanting to be fed;

begging to be fulfilled~ 

Let this be the year I am satisfied

by the life I already have...

Let this be the year in which peace is stronger than impatience~

Let this be the year in which love is more powerful than fear;

Let this be the year in which I keep the bird feeder full, the plants watered, the weeds pulled;

Let the hope that I feel be nurtured and the dreams of a dreamer become creative vision...

I will listen to the voice of the New Year and learn a new song.