January 01, 2009

Getting My Hopes Up in 2009

goodbye 2008 full of drama
welcome 2009 full of hopes

2008 was incredibly challenging to cope with
personally and professionally
it was a year when I didn’t quite know where I stood
but I survived
I saw that last second of 2008 last night
and I survived

then I drank to 2009

maybe I shouldn’t get my hopes up
but too late for that
my hopes are up

Lady Venus two days in a row
three shooting stars in less than an hour
and a cooling rain on the first day of 2009
I can’t help it
my hopes are up

I stumbled upon a poem by Emily Dickinson
here’s what she said
"hope" is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without the words
and never stops at all

I can’t help it
my hopes are up

this has gotta be a better year
personally and professionally
hope shines forth from me
my hopes are up

this has gotta be a wondrous year
the year when dreams come true
the year of the virgin moon
and sunset’s lustrous stain
the year when I watch them with love
and not with heartache
the year when success and happiness
are here within my heart
this has gotta be the year
that I would fill this blog with happy tales
not suicidal ones anymore

I can’t help it
my hopes are up

goodbye 2008 full of drama
welcome 2009 full of hopes

2 comments:

unee said...

I'm just here for the drink(s). Toasting and all.
2009 will only be like a bad movie in replay ,for me.
Do hope it'll be different for you tho'. A whole different one,with a happy ending and all.
Well,at least.. a decent,drama-less,ending.

Cheers !

AMANDA MEIRINI SUCAHYO said...

continuing with my physics theory, remember that Isaac Newton said:

"for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"

your pessimism will create negative energy, unee.. but, fortunately, it will also create an EQUAL n OPPOSITE reaction.. u just have to be aware enough to realize it :-p

gw juga berusaha utk gak terlalu optimis kok, because the opposite reaction will shatter me to pieces. and i don't want that.. so i'm still with u... negative and pessimistic as always... hehe

cheers!