Who's Counting The Days Left?

Who's counting the days left? Everybody wants to see the new sheriff Everybody wants to meet the new chief Everybody wants to greet the new chef Everybody abhors lies, deceit, theft and death This is a new dawn, a brand new season A new snowy spring in the freezing winter Everybody is anxious to enjoy better weather Now, the butterflies are competing against the light Snow flurries. The wintry beauty will be out of sight Everybody is counting the days. A new year is at the corner Pretty soon, we will be counting the hours, the minutes And then the jubilant crowds will party in the streets It pays to be patient, humble, fair, and wise. Prayer Is important. Dream is magnificent and hope wonderful In silence, we are counting aggressively like a mad clock We want the pendulum to swing faster, that's a serious fact We are counting vociferously; we're running out of patience We want to chase anybody or anything which makes no sense. Copyright © November 2020, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.