Welcoming 2019

As the frantic revelry recedes of the night,

The New Year emerges into glowing light,

Promising health, wealth & happiness making us capaciously glad,

& sometimes un-sustainable New Year resolutions as a thorny add.

Into General Elections withdraws the Elephant Indian,

Entices countries into a debt trap the Chinese dragon,

US withdraws from Afghanistan, messes up Middle East & encourages Quad,

While Russia & China announce new cold war challenging unipolar God.

With Impunity & breath-taking devastation Tsunamis strike,

But “Climate change” is a term Trump does not like,

With trade sanctions he may spook economy & throttle China’s rise,

Micky (Pence) & Donald (Trump) persist though as “idiots” in the minds of the wise.

Hope this year no journalist suffers Jamal Khashoggi’s fate,

or world loses another brilliant Hawking at heaven’s gate,

Into a new land of Shangri-La, with fantastic promises we enter,

Even as “Goodbye 2018” & “Happy New Year 2019” we banter.