New Year, New Thinking*

New Year, New Thinking*

New year, new thinking

changing our old, ineffective ways

so that we'll have a good life

out of the seemingly deep blue sea.

New year, new thinking

always remembering our fellow men and women

guiding, caring for, and making them at ease

so their lives and ours get better.

New year, new thinking

forgetting our animosity and hate

our enemies becoming our friends

and, thus, Love in the world prevails.

New year, new thinking

safeguarding our health, our wealth

our life and thoughts as well

hence, our life prolonged and worth-living.

(c) 2014 by Chris A. Quilpa

*This is a raw English translation by the author from his original Ilokano poem "Baro a Tawen, Baro a Nakem," which appeared in www.iluko.com in 2008, and posted in his blog, onebuddingpoet/writer-chris.blogspot.com, 01 January 2013.