1-1-XIX
Greetings, long-waited XIX.
Been looking forward to you for
some time--now you've
arrived. here.
how are you
different?
than yesterday, yesteryear.
I would ask a boon of you:
a letter from me
dated 31 Dec XIX.
Not a cheat sheet
not instructions or predictions;
but some steelstrong advice--
mistakes to avoid
blindsides to sidestep
trust not to make
which battles to battle
entanglements to untie
knowing what those things
that I cannot change
are . . .
yes
all this I'd dearly love to know.
then perhaps
arriving at the end
with smiling eyes
I'd feel a "not bad"
in my gut--
would it make a difference?
