Ode to a Winter’s Midnight

Fireworks and bridges
Solo cups of rosé
Smiles of hope with dear friends
The passing of the day

Celebrating year’s end
Toasting to the new,
A vision for the future,
Remembering how we grew

The sun in winter’s pasture
The budding of the spring
Summer’s dusk and star-shine
Fall’s cool reckoning

All wrapped up in one night
Framing mind’s lament
The calendar now turns over
With wishes for the best