New Year Poem: Let Go

Let Go

Let go the past

That caused you pain.

Be free at last,

Begin again.

Let go of fear

That kept you chained;

Take this new year,

And hope again.

Let go of hate

That brought you strife;

Take hold of love,

Reclaim your life.

Let go the war

Within your soul;

Let God restore

And make you whole.

© 2020 John Stuart

New Year Poem: The Gate

The Gate

I paused at the gate of another new year,

Waiting to overcome my fear

Of starting something new,

Of leaving something old,

Of parting with the past,

And going somewhere bold.

I thought about the journey my life had plodded through,

Each twist and trail, and path and track;

Some places that I hardly knew,

Some places where I won’t be back;

Some roads I’ll never travel on,

Some lanes I’ll linger one by one.

And there, ahead of me, at Journey’s End,

Welcoming me to His holy place,

The One Who made my life begin.

In Christ, this journey starts afresh,

Where faith and hope embrace again,

Where Life and Love will never end.

John Stuart © 2014