A new year has come
and you feel just the same
we’re just traveling ‘round the sun once again,
so put on your nicest smile
and wear it for a while.
Your guests are here,
don’t give away the game.
There are so many things that you can’t control.
In a crowded room, you are a lonely soul.
The phrase “new year, new you”
just doesn’t feel true,
a new you
wouldn’t feel whole.
Raise your glass, it’s a weary Jubilee.
Instead of renewal,
there’s an opportunity
to live a different way,
which is an easy thing to say,
in the face of a new day
in which To Be.
Look at the Aryan Jesus in the church,
does it feel like he’s left you
in the lurch?
God should really be defined
as all-seeing
not colour-blind
for He’s a King that walks beside you
as you search.
Look at the “graven image” on the wall,
the bloodied crucifix says it all:
God is in it with us,
He doesn’t just forgive us
and all that’s left is to answer
the call.
Raise your glass, it’s a weary Jubilee.
You’ve gained the higher ground
and you can see
the forces gather on the plain
to do battle once again.
Will you stand and fight
or turn and flee?
You wish your role was easy to define,
left alone by forces natural and divine
but the universe is vast,
much larger than your past,
and you’ll be greeted by both chance
and Design.
When your favourite hymn fades into refrain
and the sacred blurs, becomes profane,
remember to stand upright
and look toward the Light
to lead you out of Darkness once again.
Raise your glass, it’s a weary Jubilee.
This year could be different
(just wait and see).
You don’t have to force a smile,
just come and sit awhile,
before we all take down
the Christmas tree.
Like ‘Broken Vessel Blues’, this piece owes a debt to the great Leonard Cohen (specifically his song ‘Treaty’).
Musings of a Lazy Writer 