NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION

At the beginning of each year there is a new year’s institution.

We need to find something we want to change and make a resolution.

First I need to stop tempting fate.

I need to go to the gym and lose some weight.

I don’t have many vices but I do like to eat.

It would be nice when I look down if I could see my feet.

I could stay away from all the tasty treats.

I could go out and run up and down the streets.

Maybe I could recycle the things I throw away;

So the earth can survive another day.

There are things I could do to help stop pollution.

Maybe some of these things could be my resolution.

There are places on this earth that I have vowed to see.

I have a list of places of where I want to be.

There are places that I have been so I seem to be on track.

There are places that I liked and would love to go back.

There are passions in my life that I didn’t want to end.

I would love to bring the passion back but I don’t know where to begin.

There’s a novel in my head that I could bring to a conclusion.

Getting this story down on paper could be my New Year’s Resolution.

Putting paint on a canvas is one of my desires.

If I could only paint my masterpiece before my time expires

I want to paint life as I see it through my eyes.

I could paint life as it is or as it seems through it’s disguise.

There is a guitar that I haven’t played in years.

When I think of the lost time it brings me to tears.

I have poems that are begging for music to set them free.

I could sing to my lover that she’s the one for me.

I don’t know which one to pick for my resolution.

Maybe picking them all would be the solution.

Whatever you pick for your resolution, may you be full of cheer.

I hope everyone has a very happy new year.   

STANLEY HENDRIX

2/17/2016