Celebrating the New Year

​one new year!
twelve new months!
three hundred sixty five new days!
eight thousand seven hundred new hours!
five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred new minutes!
thirty one million five hundred thirty six thousand new seconds!
 
yet, staying awake, to receive the arrival of that
one new year, with a splash and a bang
we stay oblivious to the arrivals of the
thirty one million five hundred thirty six thousand new moments!
 
then, we go about our ways
of pretending that life is just the same old drab
not a celebration!
 
Mamata Misra
December 13, 2021