January 1st 2017

Now is the Time

It's time to lift my head

To emerge

Like a butterfly

From its chrysalis;

It's time to embrace

Newness, freedom, possibility,

To let go

And be.

It's time to shed

My old familiar skin

To leave it behind

Like a cicada

Would leave it on a tree.

It is time to step forward

Into the unknown

To splatter fresh paint

On the blank canvas

Of my life;

Now is the time

To surrender,

To embrace the purity

Of a brand new year.