A New Start

Donna Freeman

December 17, 2023

I’d like to begin again.

Like spring’s earliest hours 

I’ll burst forth fresh,

grow from tender sprout

to full flower

all under the watch

of a caring sun.

My legs will jump high

over hidden rocks, 

kick away thorny twigs,

last year’s doubts.

ready to face all obstacles

that can lie ahead. 

This time around

I’ll walk the path

eyes wide open,

stopping to greet,  

welcome all,

young and old

big and small.

The New Year, new time

to make amends,

do penance for the past,

I will, if I can,

do it right again and again.

Please join me on this trip

I’d love your company.

If I see you

I will welcome you.  

Gratefully.

Donna Freeman is a retired elementary teacher and clinical social worker. She has been writing poetry since age twelve. Her poetry has appeared in journals, several ekphrastic exhibits, as well as previous Texas Poetry Assignments. Donna was born in New York but has lived in the West, the  Midwest, and New England, and she has traveled through most of the country. She presently resides in Rhode Island with her husband who to prove that opposites attract, was raised in California.