Here comes a new year

Dear Amanda,

Here is your Horoscope for Tuesday, December 30:

Opinions are changeable. In fact, so is your worldview. Not to mention your entire personality. The New Year will ring in plenty new, so if you've been a bit bored, spend time getting ready for anything.
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whisper it under your breath

one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock rock....

ticking down or ticking away. what is it? is the time coming? or is it slipping away? are you scared of the future or hanging on to the past? are you throwing away precious time because you don't know?

silent night, holy night, all is calm....

calm or peaceful? is the surface of the water still while the current rages underneath or is the lake placid? can i skim a rock across the surface? or does that ruin everything?

one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock rock....

yesterday, today or tomorrow? when do you want to live? what has time done to you? where you a better person before? are you a wiser person now? do you hope to be more in the future?

silent night, holy night, all is calm....

calm or content? where is the excitement? when did it fade away? why has it been gone so long? why when i shake the snow globe, does the snow not swirl around with abandon?

hush little baby don't say a word....

everything's gonna be alright. mumble it in your sleep. whisper it under your breath. say it not because it might be true but because it needs to be true. say it long enough that you believe it too.
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take me away to places unseen

spinning round and round, like the merry-go round. stuck in the middle unable to get off. crouch low so you don't fall over. just like childhood, they taunt you more.

you grew up singing it's a small world after all. you had the book and all dolls. you cried when you went to disney world and road the ride. why are so many people so quick to contradict this?

stuck with no where to go. wiggle and squirm but still just as stuck. feel your body bleed underneath you. but agonize over your bruising ego.

my favorite toy is something special. it's always been just right. the new shiny toy has caught my eye. but i'm quite sure it's shine will fade. and hopefully no one has taken my favorite toy away.

take me away to places unseen. where people say nice things and all those who taunt are thrown out. take me away to places unseen. where people are shocked by their similarities and aware of their fears and limiations.

take me away to places unseen. and i'll prove to you it is a small world after all.

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please

please don't take away that small pleasure.

it is one of the few things that makes me smile without effort.
i do not have to think back or remember things a certain way.
it simply makes me smile.

not enough things are that easy these days. all around us life is difficult and becoming more difficult. for those near and for those very far.

please don't take away that small pleasure.
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