A fresh calendar upon the wall

Blank space on which to fill our days

Record the special dates of loved ones

to seek an order through the maze

Anniversaries, weddings and birthdays

Nights out to dinner -- celebrate it all

The special times within our lives

recorded here -- winter through fall

Doctor's appointments appear more often,

as each calendar arrives anew.

Here we list our labors and leisure, and

marvel how soon, the bills come due

Yet the new calendar is welcomed

so fresh and hopeful are its pages

The good soul anticipates the best,

its love of life, forever rages