The New Year Dawns

The New Year Dawns

The new year dawns in time and space;

The world should be a happy place.

Around the globe, we celebrate.

But where is love? Is it too late?

As fireworks mark the midnight hour,

In ev'ry country, love is power.

But pain, the misery, the strife;

How blessed would be a better life!

The hope of love is always there,

If humankind can learn to care.

Each one could build a better world,

With 'peace on earth', the flag unfurled.

Disaster man cannot prevent,

But love in fullness must be sent.

A world-wide cry for war to cease

Would help to bring the world to peace.

While outer space still filled with fears

And earth is flooding in its tears,

A cry for love must e'er resound,

With joyful echoes, the one sound.

Happy New Year!