NEW YEAR

It's the end and the beginning,
A seal of blessings and woes,
God's book forever closed,
Shut,
On this solar year.

Where was I?

Where were you
As each minute raced by,
Speeding
To inhale the breath of the hour
Before?

And were not some of them jewels,
Treasures,
Trampled thoughtlessly under
The feet?