Goodby to the old

Soon we shall leap the gap

A gap of a year

31,557,600 seconds we have experienced

Dwindling to a single instant

In nondark of a night

Lit by blazing explosive beacons

Bursting colorful rainbows in

A sky lit by celebratory fireworks as

A ball drops

Falling to earth as a year passes

Swallowed by the mists of time

Fading as a phantasm

It's ephemeral touch receding

As mankind seeks to forget

The pains of a year gone

Seeking too to remember

Joys found in the minutiae

Celebrating hope

Renewal, a new beginning

May we have learned from the old

How to better the new

Thank you 2023

For the lessons

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Note that the 31, 557,600 incluedes 365.25 days as an actual year is 365.25 days long. This is the reason we add an extra day to the calendar every four years. If you prefer to look at purely a calendar year ... 31,536,000 seconds.

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