Each year does cast a piece of time
One human step for us to climb

Twelve months of counted nights and days
Completes us through a yearly phase

One thing's for sure while we do live
We’ll never know what life will give

Anticipation's just a view
For what may happen, could come true

So many times we’re filled with thought
Some last a lifetime, some do not

We live through choices made within
How we should strive to stave off sin

Pray often for what’s good to be
And let your love spread openly

God clearly wants for us to know
His way leads to eternal glow

Do greet first day with hope held high
And keep your heart your watchful eye

MORTAL:
"The night is cold, the hour is late, the world is bleak and drear;
Who is it knocking at my door?"

THE NEW YEAR:
"I am Good Cheer."

MORTAL:
"Your voice is strange; I know you not; in shadows dark I grope.
What seek you here?"

THE NEW YEAR:
"Friend, let me in; my name is Hope."

MORTAL:
"And mine is Failure; you but mock the life you seek to bless. Pass on."

THE NEW YEAR:
"Nay, open wide the door; I am Success."

MORTAL:
"But I am ill and spent with pain; too late has come your wealth. I cannot use it."

THE NEW YEAR:
"Listen, friend; I am Good Health."

MORTAL:
"Now, wide I fling my door. Come in, and your fair statements prove."

THE NEW YEAR:
"But you must open, too, your heart, for I am Love."