Yes To Year

Say yes to another year
yes
to new possibilities
new opportunities
new memories

say goodbye
to mistakes made
words said
that should not have been said

say yes
to love
say yes
to love
say yes
to love

say goodbye
to what could have been
to what should have been
to those we’ve lost
because their presence
was required elsewhere
and not in the coming year
except as memories
of when you said yes
to love

say yes
to moving forward
though it may be difficult
and your steps not as quick

say goodbye
to resolutions you were never
going to keep and were never
meant to be in the first place

say yes
to what will be
to what must be

yes,
you must dream dreams
yes,
you must see visions
but
you must also live
and
you must also love
and
you must be present
for whatever the future holds
letting the past
be what it was

In this new year,
say yes to life
say yes to love
say yes to being present
say yes to the new
say yes to being human
because you’re going to make mistakes
and you’re going to say things
that should have not been said
and you’re going to lose people
whose presence will be required
elsewhere

say yes anyway
say yes
say yes
say yes
say
yes

© 2018 Joseph Powell