Thumbin' slowly through the annual pages of 2005;
A year; A time to say goodbye;
'Twas only a few days ago, that I thought life was good-
but looking back; I can just painfully sigh

While the headlines and tragedies sort of
slipped through our fingers;
We found life much too sorrowful to enjoy-
Oh yeah, there were days we laughed, days
we cried; and sometimes done both-
Then there were moments with no emotions
left to employ

From the Tsunami's ground zero; To
Russia's school children's scare-
Our heartstrings grew thin;
Suddenly nothing seemed fair

We juggled man's war on one side; and
Nature's on the other-
while Terri Shiavo's death, made us want
to hug our Mothers

Then Katrina showed up and took front stage;
with her sultry tango; and devastating rage-
We assumed then it couldn't get any worse;
but little sister Rita; was a lingering curse

Beneath the rubble of New Orleans' plight;
is buried the magic of jazz and brass of night-
An entire Southern shore; changed now and forever;
family chains lay broken, and permanently severed

Let's don't forget the terrorists out of the Far East;
bombing London's trains; With the mindset of a beast-
By now most of us wore the 'deer in the headlight stare';
life took on the grown up rendition of 'double-dare'

Yes it's been quite a year; One not soon forgotten;
Leaving us with a bitter taste; Spoiled and rotten;
While the Midwest drought continues to slowly burn;
we'll bury 2005 gladly, in a dead man's urn

As we turn to the last page of this tragic year;
having looked through it's memories and our own tears-
We know we survived all the blows and licks;
and we'll welcome in 2006!