Will a new year bring about new things?

A new lover,
new friends,
new changes,
or a new life?

Doubtful.

All this optimism created,
over switching to a new calendar,
where has our sanity raced off to?

Maybe we’ve thrown it all away,
into the trash with all of the,
old calendars and day-planners,
that we structure life around,
as if they were our prison-guards,
dictating where our time is spent.

Life crawls along,
at the exact same,
pace it always has,
despite the new date.

If you’re unhappy,
change your life,
don’t wait for,
a new calendar,
to
do
it
for
you.

Seize life by the throat,
choke it into submission,
and become what you want.