When the clock strikes twelve <br />new year 2009 is born <br />with gaiety’s morn, <br />new chapter is opened <br />old book is shorn <br /> <br />Our future is carried <br />into another new year, <br />with hopes, <br />that this new year 2009, <br />will bring in cheer, <br />will bring in no fear <br />slough off tortures <br />no more massacres <br />and <br />no more tears.. <br /> <br />My prayer to the lord <br /> <br />Lead us into 2009 <br />with your power and strength divine, <br />inundate our hearts, with truth and light, <br />props us with your immeasurable might, <br />make us not breakers, or crashers on the shore, <br />but like torches to flame and brighten us more <br /> <br />Make us like beacons <br />like the stars and the moon, <br />who selflessly burn <br />so that others may turn <br />their lives into bright lanturns, <br />not in Cimmerian darkness <br />and sleep in the arms of Morpheus. <br /> <br />Forgive our enemies, <br />and make them see, <br />a peace that is lasting. <br />Let this siloloquy <br />not be an ephemeral, <br />but everlasting joy <br />for all to see <br />throughout 2009 <br /> <br />Cure our hatred, <br />break our hauteur <br />end our factions, <br />and bend our pride, <br />to your control <br /> <br />Oh Lord! ! ! ! break this conundrum <br />Guerdon us with opulent joys <br />Of health, wealth and happiness, <br />this is my cry. <br /> <br />ANJALI SINHA <br />30-12-2008 <br /> <br /> <br />A TRULY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL THE READERS ON POEMHUNTER.<br /><br />ANJALI SINHA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-the-clock-strikes-twelve/
