Resolutions

This year I will not be bound by the shadowy fates
who sing dirges over my future from the choir stalls.
No. My future is not theirs to declare.
Instead, I will open the door in the dark place of my soul,
and I will crawl through the cave and the dust.
I will seek my God, and I will find Him.
We will inscribe the deepest places of my heart with Truth,
and we will shine light on the shadows in the choir.
I will call them by name,
confront them,
and bind them in the freedom of a new dawn.
I will enthrone my muses in the choir stalls,
and I will heed their song.
Then I will find consolation for the fractured guardians of my heart.
I will create beauty from the wounds I carry,
and I will draw truth in the margins of injured hearts.
I will write, I will sew, I will make.
I will hone my skills.
I will read, I will study, I will learn.
I will start new ventures,
and I will strengthen old ones.
I will find opportunity in challenge.
I will see growth in fear.
I will cultivate love, and I will share it freely.
I will find satisfaction in duty,
peace in alteration,
and freedom in structure.
I will fight, I will be vigilant, and I will hope.
And so it will be that this year will be a year of fulfillment:
Of abundance, transformation, integration, and grace.
And I will be free of shadows and walk fully in the light of a new dawn.
Hope will flower and go to seed.
Faith will flourish.
Love will bloom with reckless abandon.
And this year will restore.
A year to be remembered.
A year of jubilee.