TRY AND REMEMBER

  Tonight Is The Night You Have Waited For

The Year Is At It's End.

So Now You Prepare To Celebrate

And See The New One In.

              

There Are So Many Wonderful Places To Go

And Exciting Sights To See.

You Think Of The Good Times You Will Have

And How Good The Next Year Will Be.

Stop And Take A Moment Though

To Reflect On Memories In Your Mind.

Memories Of Every Shape And Form

Of The Year That Is Left Behind.

It Is Lying Lonely Now

Awaiting Only Death.

Saying Farewell To All It's Known

As It Approaches It's Final Breath.

Once It Lived And Flourished

And Had It's Moments Great.

Now It Is Lying Motionless

As It Faces It's Forefathers Fate.

You Ask How A Year Lives And Breathes

And Feels As People Do.

Don't You See This Year You've Lived

Is Now A Part Of You.

It Lived And Breathed As You Did

It Has Been Part Of Your Life.

It May Have Brought You Happiness

Or Love, Or Wealth Or Strife.

It May Of Helped You Find Out Who You Are

Or Just Seem To Pass You By.

It May Have Dealt A Crushing Blow

Or Helped You Reach The Sky.

Just Realize This Year Almost Gone

Is Part Of Who You Are,  

And If You Hadn't Had It's Company

You Would Have Never Come This Far.

So As Your Waiting For It's End

Through The Ravelry And Cheer

Give A Few Silent Moments Of Thought

For The End Of A Memorable Year.

By William C. Scheel II

       (Bill)       (Shale)

1969 – My first poem at 11, rewritten when I was 15