A Song Of Encouragement For The New Year Poem by John Thorkild Ellison

Think of all the fun you had
When you were just a little lad!
Doesn't it seem a wee bit sad
That everything has turned out bad?

Now that you are old and grey
There are no more innocent games to play,
Your chances all have slipped away
So get down on your knees and pray,

Yes, pray that now you're fifty-eight
You won't give in to Grinning Fate,
You won't admit that it's too late
But you'll dance and sing and celebrate!

The gods may like to mock our schemes,
Make childhood hopes just empty dreams,
Darkness is all around, it seems,
But at the end of the tunnel a white light gleams,

So at the start of another year
Dry your eyes, don't shed a tear,
However evil things appear
The Spirit of Happiness is near! !