NEW YEAR

Anon shall the year's last snowflake fall,
'mid white carpets her funeral roses bloom;
'pon her brink shall life and death embrace,
bittersweet melodies from every heart plume.

Destiny her newborn shall bring forth,
rapture with sorrow to cosmic refrains dance;
man, bird and beast would teary eyed cheer,
as her rout of moments and vignettes advance.

Infant's pure eyes the beldam's shall meet,
their souls 'pon the Infinite's threshold entwine;
this sacred covenant Light ordains,
so Life may with universal Will align.

Stellar chorales this moment shall bless
with shimmering cascades of crystalline chimes;
their voices our cherished dreams shall deck,
the slumbering Earth hallow with blissful rhymes.

Dawn her radiant bounty shall bestow
'pon spirits of blossoms and snowfalls to come;
future tides in Nature's arms shall rest,
as yesterday's Seasons tomorrow's tunes thrum.

And the Wheel of the Year onward turns,
for 'pon Father Time's bosom e'er to repose;
sated, by trials wiser rendered,
the Past its weary child's gladness shall enclose.

© 2014 Lily's Verse
Lilium Candidum

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