NEW YEAR'S EVE

On the deck where we stand

Champagne glasses in our hands

The lights explode in the sky

We’re first to watch the new year arrive

I cross this off my bucket list 

But why do I now suddenly miss

Watching through the window at home

Shut tight because of the smell of smoke 

Jumping up and down with my sisters

Hoping to grow even just a centimetre

Making my family go down for a meal

But I never succeed for they’d rather sleep

As I look around me everyone is full of cheer

An ideal crowd to be with on new year’s eve

But for the first time I’d rather be

Back home safe and sound asleep