Write now

Put the words on paper

But later

Get it right

Don’t wait until the time

When all is clear

Go now

When the hope is still

In the eyes of the

People

A horrible thunder

Rung out

The night

I turned my eyes

From making the right

Choice

So now I know

To not fear

What has to be done

To make

The right

Choice

I knew the right

Thing to do

Did I

Go that far

As to go through

With everything

Or did I cower away

From the hope

That light brings

In the new day

I knew the right

Thing to do

I won’t regret

The truth

Of what I know

To be right

Charming hopes

Come from those

Who are willing to try

Hope on

Rather than

The darker side

In the middle of December

When the snow falls white

And crisp

On the pavement

Of New York City

I can see a future

Bright and clear

But the needles of

Fear

Play in my ear

So everyday I take

With great gratitude

To the city in December

The city I remember

A nibble left

In the time

I have

To say

That what is given

Is best rather

Than taken away

From the eyes of the people

So see your own light

In the world we know

Today