New Year’s Resolution

I break my new year’s resolution even before

I’ve had a chance to put it in practice, to explore

Whether it is sustainable in the long run

I forget about my resolution before I’ve begun

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Making a resolution is a ritual that I follow

I am not much into rituals, so I do not know

Why I bother with this one- I guess when I make a resolution

I have a faint hope that it would reach fruition

So I keep making resolutions that are meant to be broken

There seems to be a pact between me and my resolution, unspoken

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Keeping a New Year’s resolution is not something I can do

But I make resolutions throughout the year too

And to those I am more likely to stick

Because they are the ones that I pick

Based on need and feasibility, not a specific date

When I fulfill a resolution, my accomplishment I celebrate

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I had a resolution in mind to be declared today

But I know I would not honor it anyway

So let me start by making no resolutions this year

Let the year unfold, let its moments appear..