T.S. Eliot captures the poetic essence of an ending—not as a finality, but as a necessary pivot in an ongoing cycle. "Last year's words"—its stories, triumphs, and failures—are now part of a closed chapter. They belong to a past version of you.

The new phase "awaits another voice," a new way of speaking and being that you have yet to discover. This is an invitation to step into a fresh narrative. Most beautifully, Eliot concludes that an ending is not a full stop, but a comma. "To make an end is to make a beginning." The closing of one door is the opening of another.

This quote fills the transition with hope and possibility. It encourages us to gracefully release the past and embrace the renewal that comes with every ending, ready to find our new voice for the journey ahead.