New year has come
People are jubilant
Hopeful and confident
But apparently ignorant
It is just another year
What is new
In a new year?
Are the people new?
--The flora and fauna new?
--Our thoughts new?
--Our deeds new?
What then is new
In a new year?
Only the number is new
Addition of one
To the previous year
What does
A new year bring?
A ray of hope
Nay, only a false sense
Of newness
And
A hope against hope
