Resolutions
by Alice Woodrome

Projects yet unfinished --
Things I want to do --
Books I want to get to --
Pounds I need to lose.

Habits that need breaking --
Flaws that want repair --
Some attitude adjusting --
Don't think I'm unaware.

Oh, I have faults aplenty,
And the will to shed them, too;
But even as they multiply
One thing I cannot do.

I cannot start the new year
by listing resolutions.
I know come February
my list will be in ruins.

The chore is simple, really --
Resolutions are a piece of cake.
Alas, they are as easy
to break as they are to make