Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Eve 2009 (Poem)

New Year's Eve 2009

The tears fall back
Into place,
Stored and numbered
For some other day,
A different night,
When loss might swell
With the count-down.

Hours from now
Will be time enough
To look back
For answers
For tomorrow.

Here and now
Is place-sufficient:
Just look around.

Hold the stillness
Before the coda,
Offer the hand
Before the asking.

Take what you can
Here and now.

Copyright © 2009 Maureen E. Doallas. All Rights Reserved.
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10 comments:

  1. GlynnDecember 31, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    Happy New Year, Maureen. "Hold the stillness before the coda."

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  2. L.L. BarkatDecember 31, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Oh! Glynn, you took mine. I loved...

    "Hold the stillness
    Before the coda"

    Thank you, Maureen. I shall. :)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 31, 2009 at 11:36 AM

    just look around
    with your heart
    with Love
    in tender moments
    time stands
    still

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  4. Louise GallagherDecember 31, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    Thank you Maureen.

    there is no other time. No place or being other than...

    Here and now.

    I take what I can and surrender the rest to fall with grace in Love.

    Hugs -- and thank you my friend.

    Louise

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  5. Joyce WycoffDecember 31, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    Maureen ... very lovely. I try to remind myself that this right now, this moment, this day, this place ... it is all enough. My job is to be feel the joy and the gratitude that this moment, even when I don't understand it, is enough ... and perfect.

    Maybe 2010 will come with more wisdom and patience.

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  6. Name: RobertaDecember 31, 2009 at 7:05 PM

    Happy New Year Maureen, may it be a blessed, inspiring, and wonderful year ahead!

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  7. Diane WalkerDecember 31, 2009 at 7:31 PM

    Boy. After reading what the four of us have written, I'm beginning to think we should do a joint blog... a diablog? a quadrablog? It's almost as if we're conversing even though we're writing independently... But perhaps that would be normal, given it's the last day of the year?

    Still.
    Wow.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    Mo... What talent! You continue to amaze me with your heart...keep the words flowing to share with us all.. Love you and I pray the New Year brings us all nothing but good times, good memories, great friends and the love of our awesome families! Hugs~Laurie

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  9. MichaelJanuary 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM

    And you used the word "coda". I'd like to think I had something to do with that!

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  10. sarahJanuary 2, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    sorry for coming in late to comment on this ... it's beautiful. Really beautiful. Like Laurie said - "what talent!" I couldn't even give you a favourite line, I love it all.

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