A Year End Poem + a Song

I came across this poem on my friend Rachel's blog yesterday. It really spoke to me so I wanted to share it.


I am Running Into a New Year
Lucille Clifton

i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers
like all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me
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I came across this video on a mom blog that I follow. It's haunting. I can't get enough of it.