Maybe 2026

 

Another competition entry, this got an honourable mention which was nice. It was written in all sincerity, however, I came to run through it before reading at an event, and as I reached the later parts it increasingly started to sound like I was trying to convince myself of something that was doomed to fail. So read it either way, a sincere attempt, or a comical self-delusion:

 

 

Maybe 2026

 

My mind stretches, elasticates,

To a future day, three months maybe four

in the new year ahead.

I pin a date, and slide my thoughts to there

far enough to leave today behind,

and look beyond and back from that flag,

imagining a future, already ahead of schedule.

Blueprints complete, hands on the wheel, 

reaching a critical mass -

I see development, progress, accomplishment, 

 

I see the steps taken to get here, and the steps beyond

I see the possibilities and feel the faith to get there

The mountains in my mind, a series of steps, each achievable

And the view beyond makes me giddy

 

Maybe 2026 will be the year

the year when I clear the old clutter away

And start new challenges at last

it’s in Your hands