like a stick used
\nto draw a mark
\non the sand
\nas a remembrance
\nof its creator\u2019s
\npurpose
\nat its completion
\nthe calendar
\ntakes on
\na similar role
\neach year
\nand then
\nis reborn
\non January first
\ngiven the task
\nto plot out
\na potential course
\nfor the willing
\nall those
\nwho wish
\nand hope for
\na chance to live on
\nhaving this want
\nto become
\ndo more
\nand to better
\nthe past year
\nleft behind
\nwithin the pages
\nof time
\nknown
\nforevermore
\nas days gone by
\nno longer the days
\nof the new year<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
like a stick used to draw a mark on the sand as a remembrance of its creator\u2019s purpose at its completion the calendar takes on a similar role each year and then is reborn on January first given the task to plot out a potential course for the willing all those who wish and hope … Continue reading “new year”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peaceoutpoems","category-muse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1170,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}