The midnight hour holds the deepest magic.
Once a year, colored lights fill the sky as midnight strikes; celebrating a new beginning and scaring off the evil spirits of yesteryear. Anything and everything becomes possible, balancing on the line between what was and what will be.
A kiss at midnight, either that of true love or the icy touch of a departed loved-one as he says goodbye.
At midnight we can let go of yesterday and take our first steps into tomorrow,
The known and the unknown lie in balance; it’s up to us to embrace the magic and step into the unknown.
Night time magic in Bratislava, Slovakia
Dec 31, 2012 @ 15:32:01
Wishing you the best in this coming new year.
Jan 01, 2013 @ 09:48:36
time takes time…
happy new year.
Randy
Jan 01, 2013 @ 14:13:58
To you too.
Jan 02, 2013 @ 09:18:01
This sounds like the voiceover at the beginning of a disney film – loved it
I hope that the magic embraces you and your loved ones right back. Wishing you only good things for 2013.
Jan 03, 2013 @ 13:58:29
Thanks, Sally-Jayne. Think we can get James Earl Jones to read it for me?
Jan 04, 2013 @ 12:59:40
Very nicely thought-through and written.
Cheers!
JzB
Jan 04, 2013 @ 16:17:48
Thank you, JzB
Jan 05, 2013 @ 21:30:03
Yes that special yearly hovering between the past, the present and the future is very recognisable – well done!
(although it wasn’t QUITE the prompt, was it….?)
Jan 05, 2013 @ 21:36:07
Well, I took a little creative license. What can I say, I was a little off my game, but even getting that written was a huge accomplishment last week.
Jan 06, 2013 @ 23:11:37
Marvelous – really evokes that sense of being balanced precariously between what was and what might (or might not) be!
Jan 07, 2013 @ 08:42:31
Thank you.