My thoughts are wandering
…on another year passing
Another nondescript celebration
Surrounded by people laughing
Conversations and photographing
Drinks and food and lots of dancing
Some retreating, others advancing
When all of them are really acting
Talk and talk and talk some more
Another year and what’s in store
Endless lists of resolutions
Old problems with new solutions
Expectations and declarations
Trending things and new relations
The market and its fluctuations
Latest news and the implications
Smiling faces and what they hide
Leading thoughts, are dissatisfied
Unqualified, amplified and cast aside
Sadly some think suicide
Wear their hearts for all to see
But none of them can turn the key
Superficial lives become that way
Living through the rainy days
To them, they never go away
Despite the image now portrayed
Nervous hands and empty chairs
Glassy eyes and endless stares
Dancing couples just holding on
Corner-dwellers already gone
The midnight hour closing in
Lonely men just nurse their gin
Drunken people showing skin
Swarming sharks with hidden fins
Living in this pleasant fiction
Lives are filled with contradictions
Restrictions, evictions, and addictions
Drinking away their derelictions
Likely leading to a bad decision
Random hook-up or car collision
Sad results from clouded vision
I like to speak, but no one will hear
A better way to start the year
Happiness is found within
Not who you know, or where you’ve been
You are enough, don’t lose yourself
Look inside and you’ll find help
Stop all the things you do for show
Don’t always agree, just say no
The scene is false, just don’t go
Instead, seek to find your inner flow
All the things that make you glow
The energy source that makes you, you
It will guide you on what next to do
The needs of others will have to wait
Until you’re inner-self is straight
Allow your points to activate
Open up and don’t hesitate
Ignore the time, ignore the date
Absolve yourself of any hate
Feel the love just escalate
Finally a reason to celebrate!
Author’s Note
Some time ago, I wrote a poem called Nondescript Holiday Party in which I peeked into the “small-talk” at a gathering. The crowd was weary and the intentions were superficial, but alas the show must go on. Now the same anonymous crowd again gathers, but this time instead of watching, I think about offering some advice.
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