New Year's Eve: a doorway

every mystic sees the door
that must be opened
every fool thinks god
is on the other side

a new year is an old one
the door is always open
you need only gaze
quietly
and calmy
into your own heart
to see god
to see yourself

a new year brings new yesterdays
and new tomorrows
but it is always today
in the heart of wisdom
always now
in the heart of god

A Christmas Tale

the snow is deep enough
for me to remember
the long ago
when a family of many
gathered on the hill
and sang Konlendy
drinking Gibbons
and maybe a little more
because of the day

for years
such thoughts would depress me
make me long for another time
another place
today
i jump from time to place
and smile at all the possibilities
as if they were the only one