endings into Beginnings (New Year's Day 2023)

Your friend Bono sang

'Freedom has a scent

like the top

of a newborn 

baby's head'

but the coos

and sighs often

turn to boo-boos

and cries

and back again

and over again

and on and on

from cradle to cuddles

and wading through muddles

and peripatetic puddles

to copacetic huddles

and geriatric fuddles

we begin

this Mysteriously 

Marvelous Journey

the same Way

that it ends

seeing how far

our Freedom bends

while resisting

then embracing

the ones upon whom

our life depends

as a Circle

is ever

yet never

the same

we return

to the Space

and the Grace

from whence

we all came

and yet

the leavings

plant seeds

in our Souls

and the grievings

water the Soils

so the seeds

can take root

and become Seedlings

that sprout up

from the depths

and pop up

through the surface

into the Light

of new Days

small and green

and Hopeful heads

with a fragrance

of Freedom

in Innocence

washed over

with the Waters

of limitless Love

in Transcendent teardrops

like Resplendent raindrops

through all cooing

and sighing

and boo-booing 

and crying

whether smilelessly dinning

or guilelessly grinning

embodying each ending

as an impetus

for a new Beginning...

Thanks.

#200wordprayers #HappyNewYear2023 #Xmastide #FromBeginningToEndingItIsLove #TheEmbraceOfGraceIsEternalAndUniversal

('Mother & Child' © Nazar Haidri)