Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot

Another year ending, leaving things left undone,

making plans for the future, last year’s list in my hand.

Priorities unmarked, goals and choices unmade,

coming to terms with my failures, leaving me wide awake.

An unrivaled challenge that I am now ready to face,

I've got to keep moving forward, can't stay stuck in one place.

Tearing pages away, once taunted and scared me,

ripping out each page now, I find new freedoms releasing.

Letting go of the past and the plans that aren't for me,

being more than before, being all that I can be.

With life left to be lived, I continue to strive on,

pushing through every struggle, until I've tackled each one.

To the old year goodbye, welcome refreshed the new,

I'm not as young as I was, I'll embrace time given to pursue.

I am more than before, and I won't waste my time,

with this new year, more chances and choices I find,

I am worth every effort and I will continue to climb.

I will take that cup of kindness friend, for good Auld Lang Syne.