Happy New Year

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 chance 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 place uniquely ours and
we do the best we can with it
as we wonder at the stars.