Now is the eve of contentment
made glorious by the sun of the coming year
No lack
only a will
a focus
creating, doing, giving
Now is the eve of contentment
seeds empowered
That determination spread like wild fire
Will stick to deeds like roots in soil,
Now is the eve of contentment
Unwilling swept away
in storm of years gone by
and doubt cease with the immediacy it strikes
Now is the eve of contentment
labour of love
Rewards a dozen
this year and beyond
What is required
True lack satisfied
© Adura Ojo December 31, 2012
Image: Wikipedia Commons
Beautiful words, Adjura. It is good to be contented on New Year's Eve....as one turns the page and enters a new year. You will be there before I will. Enjoy, and have a wonderful 2013!
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting take on Richard 3's 'Now is the winter of our discontent' speech. I like your positive spin.
ReplyDeleteAll the best for 2013.
beautiful! May this New Year be one of realized dreams… even those we did not realize we were dreaming!
ReplyDeleteI like the refraining line of eve of contentment ~
ReplyDeleteAll the best for 2013 ~ Happy New year ~
Lovely! Happy New Year!
ReplyDelete'Now is the eve of contentment'...is haunting in a beautiful way. Happy 2013 to you :)
ReplyDeletehappy new year adura...i hope that contentment is what we find in the new year.....
ReplyDeleteGraceful words in a haunting kind of way...Happy new year Dear.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful blog Adura :) Happy New Year!
ReplyDelete~Keith
Hey Adura. This is beautiful. I needed it after reading a particularly depressing blog post. I wish you a magical year of the pen my sweet poet/writer.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my poem, Adura, and letting your comment lead me here. How beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe repetition works very well here to introduce each new way the narrator knows he/she is content. The will, empowering the seeds, determination replacing storms and spreading "like wildfire", and labor, finally, add up to a recipe for continued contentment.
I have been told that once content we cease striving, but here you show that is not true. Contentment is an experience that can be repeated and built on! (As long as one is not a Shakespearean or real villain who will not be satisfied unless someone else is miserable!)
Happy New Year, Adura. A beautiful poem as always.
ReplyDeleteI love how we all get empowered by the New Year. Hopefully we keep that momentum and do plenty of good with it.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Adura!
This reads with such a voice of calm resoluteness. I was carried away into a space and time of free will that will produce amazing fruits. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's taken me so long to get here. I was so looking forward to the New Year, your poem hit the nail on the head and I am happy to say that it remains a positive venture of hope!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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