Resolution Revolution Poem by Dawn Ferrett

My New Year's resolution
Is not to lose some weight.
It's not to get more healthy,
Or to get my head on straight.
It's not to kick some habit,
Or to get a new one started,
Nor be less absent-minded,
Nor even less half-hearted.
My New Year's resolution
Needs a bit more inspiration,
So it won't be 'give up chocolate'
Or some such abnegation.
I've thought of all the years gone by,
And resolutions shattered,
And decided that sincerity
Was the only thing that mattered.
So considering the past few years
I won't make the same mistakes.
It's got to last me fifty-two weeks,
And I've got to up the stakes.
So here's my resolution,
Though it may seem strange to you.
I resolve on being just myself,
And trust the Lord to get me through.