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A new year starts so cold
January starts to unfold
Like an origami figure only half-made
And intricate plans not yet laid
The promise of more as springtime nears
Warmth to melt all the ice and fears
Feelings blossom like flowers in May
Swollen desire as doubts go away

Used to hate the thought of another year
Didn’t want to think of another year
Could not believe it was another year
Now I’m looking forward to another year with you

Passions flame in the summer heat
Fire in hearts at last set free
Rain-filled rivers and mountains of wonder
The shared sound of a storm’s loud thunder
The portents of an ending as autumn appears
Artist’s pallet of colors so bright you can hear
The changing of the leaves in the westerly wind
Life can be more than ever imagined

Used to hate the thought of another year
Didn’t want to think of another year
Could not believe it was another year
Now I’m looking forward to another year with you

Winter’s winds and cold again draw close
Past year’s memories hang hauntingly like ghosts
But the fire continues bright in hearts and souls
Love will fight the snow and ice, fill all the voids and holes

Used to hate the thought of another year
Didn’t want to think of another year
Could not believe it was another year
Now I’m looking forward to another year with you

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from Peace Freedom Sanity Serenity, released August 2, 2013

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Mike Birch Methuen, Massachusetts

For Mike, it all started on a Sunday night in 1964 ... February 9 ... the Beatles took the stage on the Ed Sullivan show and while the girls in the audience screamed, his parents and grandparents exclaimed about the "long hairs", a 7-year-old boy thought, 'I'm going to learn to play the guitar one day!' ... more

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