On the Last Day

On the last day of the year, do you

Look to what lies ahead

Or do you think back to the months

You’ve made it through instead?

 

It’s natural to want to plan

For all the coming days,

But sometimes past events are stuck

Within your mind’s displays.

 

This eve demands a reckoning,

A time of taking stock,

When what we’ve done or haven’t

Measures up against the clock.

 

And as it ticks to midnight,

We should try our very best

To just focus on the positive

And give all else a rest.

 

We can’t start 2026

With an unblemished slate,

But hopefully we’ll find, this year,

Enough to celebrate.