Each new year

is welcomed.

And celebrated.

Little knowing

what it holds.


The last year

we traipsed through

oft forgotten,

in the welcoming

of the new.


As the New Year

prances in

the Last Year

shuffles out. Quietly.

Feeling dejected.


This year, I resolve

to not just welcome

the New Year,

but to celebrate

the year that was.


Thank you, 2025.