 Hi friends. New Year's eve, 2004, I was inspired to write a poem that captured my feelings and thoughts about my experiences during that year. Actually, I found it to be true each year thereafter as well. I entitled it:
YEAR END INVENTORY
After reviewing the year just past;
Taking stock, in rare computation,
Counting all things meaningful,
I give you this brief summation.
There were things that I forgot
And things that I misplaced.
Some things from me were stolen,
Other things soberly defaced.
There were times I did things wrong
And times I did things right.
Sometimes I made mistakes
Other times, mere over-sights.
There were days I felt uplifted
And days I felt despair.
Some days I felt right jovial,
Other days, I knelt in prayer.
My year was filled with burdens,
Great trials and sorrows too.
But I also experienced blessings,
That helped to get me through.
Ailments, defeats and failures
Came visiting now and then.
But triumphs and successes
Brought a balance, so, "Amen!"
Now, in tallying up my troubles,
And listing my heavy loads;
Cataloguing my year's problems
And numbering bedlam episodes,
Calculating all my victories and
All the pleasures I did enjoy;
Totaling all the good and bad
The surplus was “ great joy.”
© 2004-2007
I love to read as well as write poetry as do many others. So please share your poem or poems describing your feelings, thoughts, or concerns about life in 2006.
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