Bidding a warm goodbye to 2022, I welcome the new year,
Bringing along with new dreams, new hopes and new cheer.
Fleeting through my mind are a million hues
As I stand and stare at the cosmos for clues.
The setting crimson sun peeps through the white clouds,
Tiny tweeting birds hop from branch to branch,
Withering leaves waft away from the trees,
As rain drops play sonata on the rooftops.
Kitten-black, brown and white jump up and down,
Crying Meh… Meh… a little Lamb runs through town.
Children crowding around the candy man,
Lilting music notes float through the cool fan.
There are zillion and more things to make us happy,
Let us just Stand and Stare and Smile at the cosmos
Cos’ in that space beyond the blue planet lie some answers,
And its loveliness will increase Year after Year after Year!
–V.S. Venkatavardaan,
Former Director, Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
