TURN THE KNOB TO A HAPPY NEW YEAR

What happened 

Where did it all begin to end

Do you remember when it wasn't

Can it be rescued, fixed, as good as it once was or better

Is it worth saving
Through the destruction and hurt

Will it feel comfortable again
Do you think of it as often as I do and wonder how to correct it

Or are we convinced that all the before was a lie and the now is the was

Are we doomed to be fallen and submitted to judgment of one another and at war

To hurt each other over and over again

One fairing better than the other

Just because we couldn't understand one another

Our brothers, sisters, friends, mothers, fathers forever lost and replaced by the grief of their deaths

Moving forward but with haunted dreams

One day not even remembering why we feel pain but always feeling

Stopping true friendships and forgiveness

Orson Scott Card's Ender claimed to be the Speaker for the Dead for his false enemies:

"Here are our failures, and here is our greatness; we did not mean to hurt you, and for our death. From their earliest awareness to the great wars that swept across their home world,...If only we could of talked,...But since it could not be, we ask only this: that you remember us, not as enemies but as tragic sisters, changed into a foul shape by fate or God or evolution. If we had kissed it would have been a miracle to make us human in each other's eyes. Instead we killed each other."

We have so much in common...the urgent want to be understood and the urgent feeling we are

Can't we speak for one another in life

Granting compassion instead of judgment

Be part of a greater good and purpose

Be each other's friend, brother, sister, mother, father again

I promise we once were

I am not evil and I don't believe that you are
Even if it at times the hurt felt as if you were destroying me
And I would ask but what did I do to you to deserve this
Don't you remember the things I helped you with and the compassion I shared

This is my wish for the New Year

I dedicate it to you

Hold my hand brother, sister, mother, father, friend and we will turn the knob together
Into a better New Year