Maybe this is the year that Peace will break out,
that humans will stop the killing,
and start to take better care of each other.
Maybe this will be the year leaders wake up,
and see that almost everything they do leads
to more senseless killing of human beings.
Maybe this will be the year more people get housed,
more enlightened social policies take hold,
people are better cared for in every respect.
Maybe reasoned, rational thinking will take hold,
and religious fanaticism will mercifully recede.
The only think that is known for sure is that
there will be more meteorites in the sky,
more babies born into squalor and warfare,
more foolishness and greed in political circles.
There will be way too many more humans
fouling up the earth in so many ways.
But when that date rolls over it gives rise to
hope that somehow, we can clean up our
hopeless mess.
Good luck with that.
Happy New Year anyway!
