An Uncertain New Year

Once again we are starting a new year I have seen so many so far I have seen happiness and sadness I have seen some that left a scar. Many things we have no choice in We have to just watch it unfold We can pray, that is what I'm doing That my worries will be kept on hold. Until they fade out without consequences That nothing will go startlingly bad It didn't have to happen, I know that So I cannot help but feel terribly sad. I hope many uncertainties do not come to pass I will just keep living as I have for 82 years Hoping and praying the generations after me Will be safe from my many worries and my fears. I started out in the year of 1942, you see I'm sure it was a time that many then had fears War was imminent during that time I pray that 2025 will not be a bad year!