New Year's Day

New Year’s Day

Upon the New Year’s dawning day,

Afresh before the morning sun,

Afore the cusp of morning ray-

Descends; I face the New Year’s run.

Just now the morn’s all rosy bloom,

Diffuses through the leafless tree,

I see each bud’s potential loom,

In spring will burst in grandeur; Free!

And free I’ll run as God permits,

The course uncharted fore me now,

And, ask the Lord as heart commits,

To serve as inner strengths allow.

I thank you, Lord, for everything,

Each gift I’m undeserv-ed of,

And, on this New Year’s Day I sing,

All praise for Your enduring love!

Peter Lowell Paulson

January 1, 2017