A Happy New Year poem about the ability to escape from a self-imposed Hell:
Hell is not a prison, but
a room,
And you can walk out
anytime you choose.
Perhaps you think your
treasure is your tomb;
Perhaps you fear you have
too much to lose.
Year's end's an opportune
time to take stock,
Needing such inducements
for reflection,
Embracing change quite
literally by the clock
While thumbing through the
usual selection.
Yet escaping Hell's a yes
or no --
Embrace the life you have
or let it go.
And if it's no, then
leave, but if it's yes,
Remember that you chose
it, more or less.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Audio and Video Music: Renaissance Castle. By Doug Maxwell. Music free to use at YouTube.
To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/hellis.html. For more New Year’s poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/newyearsdaypoems.html .
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