Where Do you Go and How?

Where and how do you go, old year?

Running and leaping and flying, my dear

Thrumming and sleeping and crying, it’s clear

You have one destination in mind

Dashing and dancing, a skip and a whirl

Grinning and glancing, a trip and a twirl

Crooning and moaning, a swish and a swirl

With only your thought left behind

Where do you go and how, dear sir

Spring, summer, fall and back to winter

Don’t close your eyes for time is a blur

And slips through your fingers with ease

Where do you go and how, old year

Fleeter your foot with age I fear

I'll cherish loved ones and hold them near

For Time offers no guarantees

Where do you go so swiftly now

Over the snow with the winds that blow

Never a curtsy, a wave or a bow

Silently into the night

You take your laughter, the longing and tear

Leaving our dream for the impending year

Parting is such sweet sorrow, my dear

Softly you slip out of sight

Janet~