It's
Already
The
Year
2016/
\hoping
This year
Will be better
Than it
Seems.

If I am kindling,
you must be the spark...
Much alive in the darkest dark,
lifting all shadows with
finesse and flair.

     If I am flame,
     you must be the air and wind...
     Unfettered and free...
     Cradling my infancy.
     Only to nurture and inspire,
     to groom flame to fire.

If I am faltering...
And almost extinguished,
you must be the hand...
Bearing the confidence and belief...
Awaiting the moment most opportune,
to align yourself in rhythm and tune.
So we could...
Continue to
burst forth into light.
So we could...
Resume our journey forth with might.

     Let us be our own deterrent
     from the darkness
     that comes with morrow's set.
     Hand in hand, we must...
     Because together...
          And only together,

   we're...

                        incandescent.

Opened Frye's Paving
Company...specializing
in good intentions.

in presence of you
in presents given me
which in modesty or not
I get on one knee
whether my religion
is non- conforming
to yours I see
all given as presents
of a spirit to me
I give thanks
to God
no matter
his religion.

Babies of 2016 will touch screen teddy bears
and marvel at the technology their parents got by with
- dismissing our reminiscing of times gone by as wishful thinking
never fully understanding what life was like just twenty years back down the line.

the power of your prayer lies in the belief that someone is listening