This stretch of time
Between Christmas
and New Year's
Feels like we're in limbo
Not quite the end of one year
Not quite the beginning of the new
One foot in last year
One foot in the new year
Reflecting upon the events of past
While hoping and praying for the new
Quite the balancing act it feels
To live in this week of new

A gymnasts' routine on the balance beam
Automatic deduction of points
Would be given if a slight movement askew
A bridge across a rough river
Take one mistep and in you go
Hopefully you can swim

Or perhaps you're cheering the whole way
Like a busfull of kids on the last day of school

Or butterflies fluttering happily into a world they don't know will end short

For me, this week is very poignant
I take...