A New Year,
Sweep away the old,
Earthquake
Oil Spill
War
Economic woes.
A ball drop,
Welcomes the new,
Encouragement
Optimism
Hope
Better times ahead.
But, under the sun,
Nothing is new.
Today North Korea
Threatens
War
Nuclear holocaust.
There will be
More difficulties.
Disasters
Natural or
Manmade
Personal and national.
The human race
Muddles on through
Days
Year
Centuries
Both “somehow” and triumphantly.
An endpoint will come,
For human history or
For my own life.
Someday
Some year
This one?
Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.
