A Smashing New Year
Ball drops; fireworks rocket into the air
2018 lit up in brilliant bulbs
Confetti streaming;
The screaming crowd of Smashers wishes a Happy New Year
Grabbing for hugs and kisses of good luck
See the man in green
This is a man knocked down hundreds and hundreds of times
Yet he still rises
The smile remains on his face
That smile is infectious on the last day of the year
Where a story, pock-marked and scarred, ends
And a fresh one begins
His smile doesn't stop, it just reaches
Round and round his handsome face
Even his eyes are smiling tonight
And those standing near him start grinning, too
It's like his superpower
Looking back on 2017
He thinks what a year it's been
The first thing he remembers
Is the fight against the three heavyweights
Three haters who tried and failed to beat him down
How he kept his cool as the crowd roared
The second thing he remembers
Is the day he finally came to terms
With the Triple Ones which crushed his world
And shed tears from his blue eyes
And the third thing he remembers
Was plunging 'neath the cold, dark waves
To pull a man free from their death grip
Standing tall 'gainst three bullies
Closure over a nerf
Saving a man's life
Three memories of 2017
He's taking with him
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These memories, plucked from the harvest of what 2017 brought
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2017 had its sour and its sweet
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There are reasons to remember 2017
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And there are reasons to forget 2017
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But soon, this harvest will be over
5…
And we'll prepare for a new harvest
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Though the man in green won't know what it'll bring
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He'll just spread his wings and fly
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Because only one thing he knows
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It's gonna be one heck of a ride
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
All the best to you all.