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 whatever 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.

James Garratt – Monday 15th March 1993

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