# New Year's Eve

By [Bianca Caruana](https://paragraph.com/@bianca-caruana) · 2024-12-31

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Look over your shoulder  
At the rugged terrain  
Lessons, memories and stories  
Are all that remain  
There is no going back now  
Nothing to change  
So carry the knowing  
It was never in vain  
Let your heartbeat slow down  
And soften your breath  
At the top of this mountain  
Let yourself rest  
As you watch the sun set  
On a journey so hard  
Take note of the strength  
That carried you this far  
Find hope in the knowing  
A path lies ahead  
That isn’t as rugged  
But lit up, instead  
And there in your pocket  
Is the wisdom you found  
On a long, tiring journey  
That knocked you around  
And alongside that wisdom  
Is a note from your friend -  
“You’ve got this, I love you,  
I’m with you, till the end.”

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*Originally published on [Bianca Caruana](https://paragraph.com/@bianca-caruana/new-year-s-eve)*