the ghost of christmas past

as a new year approaches,
a new decade
you look back at the last
twelve
months
and take stock of the good
and bad,
the wrong turns
taken,
the people you've lost,
or allowed
into your life that you
shouldn't have.
you see the error of your ways,
but don't get too hard
on yourself.
you're human, you expect
the best out of everyone,
you believe that people
for the most part are good
and honest, true,
and when you discover that
they aren't,
it's not on you.
it's on them. let go,
release the darkness,
the ghost of Christmas
past,
and live in the light again.
it's a new year, a new day.