new year, new beginnings

Incredible it is, to discover

how fiercely and endlessly

we can hold on

to a life that has become stale;

electing for comfortable misery

over joyous rebirth,

only to spare ourselves

from colliding with the unknown,

the foreign, the uncharted realms

of a new life.

But, the clock is urgently begging you,

calling to you with every tick

to live life with audacity,

a life that makes your heart undulate

with vigor; whether your steps

are timid or confident

is unimportant.

Sometimes you have to question

the concept of comfort-

would your life become more brilliant

and genuine

if you could endure

the momentary discomfort required

to dare to walk toward the unknown?

~Lola Rain