...as a year begins

by jan oskar hansen. - Scorpio

…As a Year Begins.



Twelve o'clock, a New Year tolls
and coloured lights punctuate 
the night sky. When the noise 
abated we went for a walk and
met people going home. So 
many forsaken people about, men
full of bravado and booze going
to their bed-sits hoping to sleep
this, the loneliest of nights away.
Middle aged women walking 
Fast pretending that they have
Somewhere to go, their eyes 
Pools of despair, nowhere to go
but to tiny flats, pot plants and
cats. Despair had brought them
into the street, but seeing groups
of laughing people and couples
holding hands, had made their 
loneliness into a silent scream 
of unhappiness. Every year there 
are more lonely peoples walking 
the earth and suffering the chill
of despondency, hoping for a ray
of love to come into their life.
Welcome the new millennium.

Birth sign: Scorpio
Date created: 2001-01-01 12:38:54
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:17
Poem ID: 59331

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