New Year's Day Poem by DM W

Old dreams and desires melt with the snow,
On this day that brims with significance.
As I look deep into the world's eyes aglow;
Blessed by the sun of new born awareness;
I look beyond tarnished symbols and creeds,
That span the somnambulant centuries,
To the fragile radiance of a leaf
Or flower...fruit born from knowing seeds.
Redeemed by a force so light and rare; by
Winter's frosted miracle of surprise,
I look towards the altered twilight sky,
And glimpse the rose and flame of paradise.