Way back in the beginnings of humanity, people observed the same thing happening in the sky after a certain number of sunrises and sunsets, moon rises and moon sets. And now that we have entered into the first days of 2022, we have that same feeling. Celebration! An ending and a new beginning. We make our promises to ourselves. We look back on what we have been through and how we have grown in the past year. And if you are like me, you are not disappointed, but not highly pleased either, with your achievements. Yes we have had many reasons to be steered away from our original plans. But we want to get back on track and head towards a goal or two again.
My goal is to write everyday, and looking back at all the television I have binge-watched during this time of the Covid pandemic, I know I could have spent more time writing. But I wasn’t willing to do that, I had diagnosed myself with depression and my excuse not to write was that I didn’t want to convey that depression through my fingers.
Lately I have turned to reading and appreciating poetry. It is concise, yet meaningful. In fact, packed with meaning. And the words read have caused me to think about other things besides the woes of this horrible virus. I bring a poem to you now, so you may think about what it means to you, and perhaps apply it to your memoir, or a character that you are developing in a story. Or a poem of your own. Just write for half and hour, just do it, no judgement.
I wandered lonely as a Cloud, by William Wordsworth, just the first two verses. You can find the remaining two verses (Poets.org) , or take it from here and go into your own continuation of the vision of natural beauty.
I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.