The Year 2023

I had high hopes for you and I back at the start,

But I’m sad to say I’ll now be more than happy to part,

My eyes on the future with a heart full of hope,

Because seriously 2023, you made me struggle to cope.

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Very early on you broke and shattered my heart,

When you took from me and pulled my world apart,

And each time I raised my head above water,

You quickly cut me down in a narcissistic slaughter.

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I held on tight begging for some relief,

But you were adamant I learn the lessons of your belief,

You bruised me, battered me, shook me to the core,

And when I felt I’d had enough, you served me even more.

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I came apart, I broke at the grievance and the loss,

But you laughed at my pain and showed me who was boss,

I tried acceptance and I tried a diversion,

But you pulled me in and drowned me in submersion.

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I spent the best hours you gave me in a dreamless sleep,

The only place I felt any type of peace I could keep,

But you threw the book at me as soon as I awoke,

And destroyed every hopeful word I courageously spoke.

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2023, you taught me shame, guilt, rejection and pain,

Not just once but on a daily basis again and again,

I’d hold on by my fingernails just hoping and praying,

But you trashed every optimistic thought, I’m just saying.

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So, as we come to the end of our time together,

I’ll wish you the worst and sever our traumatic tether,

Goodbye and good riddance, I’ll not see you again,

And I’ll welcome in 2024, hoping it was not all in vain.

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