I wonder if the New Year <br />Will be better the last <br />I wonder if the future <br />Will somehow resemble the past <br /> <br />It seems the only things that change <br />Is that I keep getter older <br />Although I have to admit <br />That the world keeps getting colder <br /> <br />Will there be new friends <br />Waiting out there for me <br />Or will it be the old stand by’s <br />The one’s I always see <br /> <br />There’s nothing wrong with old friends <br />I believe they are great treasures <br />Through the years they’ve given me <br />So many of my life’s pleasures <br /> <br />With old friends you can be yourself <br />There’s need to pretend <br />Old friends will always be there <br />Until the very end <br /> <br />1-1-11/RJH<br /><br />Ray Hansell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-s-in-store-this-year/