A New Beginning (A New Day) – Written Monday 15th March 1993 (Aged 18)

A New Beginning (A New Day)

a new beginning,
a new day as the sun rises,
unfazed and shining so bright,
people talk away,
as it sets the world alight.
the magician in his castle waves his wand;
frost creeps into people’s souls.
they stare,
believing they know it all.
but like a child left alone,
the world is lost.
the people in heaven must be looking down,
watching the future come and go.
who would have thought—
that death could be a ticket to a tragic comedy show?
a new beginning, a new day.
the earth groans as it spins past the sun;
people from space watch it rust away.
and what ever happened to people’s dreams?
have they floated away to join the stars?
is there a junkyard in space—
filled with dreams and broken cars?
and god is strange;
he seems to have vanished,
like the fading dreams you can’t quite recall upon waking.
a new age begins:
a new beginning,
a new day.
but nothing ever changes;
it all stays the same.
love is a bittersweet game,
a refuge for the masochistic who revel in self-inflicted pain.

James Garratt – Monday 15th March 1993

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