Nine's blog

A year ends. Time to look back. Time to look forward.
Forward to new things. Back to old friends. A year of change.

Change is required. Change for the better. We must not stand still.
Still, don't forget, those who are with us. And those who came before.

Before the new memories. Before laughter and joy. Who brought us here.
Here to the now. To the only place we could be. To where we are.

Are we alive? Or are we just living? The choice is ours.
Our chance, to move on. To get back to, old friends.

Friends we so missed. Whom we thought lost.
Lost to just living. To doing only, what needs to be done.

Done is the past. No longer changing. A pool of regret.
Regret not worth feeling. For it can only be helped.

Helped by escaping. To the here and the now. Where ways are still open.
Open to choice. Choice yet to be made. Choose to fiercely defend.

Defend friendship, and what we believe. For nothing's eternal.
Eternal is danger, lurking around us. Most of all in ourselves.

Ourselves we hold dearest. But only almost. For greater is fear.
Fear of losing. Of having lost, what we cannot replace.

Replace anger with trust. Winning with sharing. Being with becoming.
Becoming more than we are. More than we think we should be.

Be calm, be content, be nice. Most of all, be curious.
Curious about what's around you. And what the new year will bring.