'Round the Corner

As the new year rounds the corner
We're confronted with the fact
That it might be filled with many things
The current year has lacked.

There will be more joy or sorrow
(Circumstances will decide)
But whichever way it falls, we're all
Seat-buckled for the ride.

We've no choice now but to face it,
Though with welcome or with dread,
And the coming months will show us
Where exactly we've been led.