I’m apt to think the universe
doesn’t give a nod or wink
as we humans claim a New Year
and toast it with a drink.
Galaxies keep on spinning
with their myriad of stars
and nothing seems to change
on Jupiter and Mars.
But it’s not a year in time we mark;
it’s a new chapter in our lives;
a time to think of who we are
and of things we might revise.
It’s a clock of hopes and dreams
on which we count the seconds down
as we anticipate our future
in every village, burg and town.
Within this Great Creation
is a part uniquely ours and
we do the best we can with it
as we wonder at the stars.
Copyright 2014 Robert D. McKinley