Performed by Val Cole

Visual Design & Editor: Steve Rizzo

Produced by Matthew Toffolo

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The Promise of 2025

The clock ticks, a soft and steady sigh,

As fleeting moments slip and fly,

The days blur by in whispers faint,

And I feel the ache, the quiet complaint.

Each second lost, a piece of me,

Caught in the flow, where none are free,

A year has passed, so swift, so fast,

Yet still I reach for what will last.

But in the wings of time’s cruel flight,

A new dawn waits, glowing bright,

A year ahead, untold, unknown,

A canvas fresh, all mine to own.

The ache of moments fades away,

For in the promise of the day,

2025 stands bold and true,

A chance for dreams to start anew.

So, though the past may pull and plead,

And time, relentless, takes its heed,

I hold my breath for what may come,

A new year’s song, a beat, a drum.

With joy and hope, I face the sky,

Embracing change as years pass by,For though time moves with fleeting
grace,

The future waits in love’s embrace.