Farewell, 2018

Dear 2018,
As you roll by, flow beneath the bridge,
slip between my hands like sand -
How do I write you away?
Do I bury you deep - repressed, forgotten
And begin again with a fresh new slate?
Do I write a ballad -
For the loved and lost, for the never loved, never seen again?
Do I write a limerick -
Make it quick!
Leave you with a smile and a chuckle
Or a free verse -
and embark upon the almost impossible task
String all that I felt in the 364, on the 365th day?
Do I give up on poetry, reflect some more
And bind you in a prose?
For all that I suffered and conquered
And all that I hold close?
Do I come up with a way - completely new
Fashion something out of the blue
To kindle some warmth, nostalgia and a smile
Wherever this might be read,
in the memory of you?

Well, sorry! This is none of them!
I'm a little under the weather
A little under life?
This is all I could muster,
For the lack of something better!

But I leave you with a promise -
To spin the situation on its axis
Put plans to praxis
And leave something memorable
For your successor!