NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

I'm writing these notes a month and a half late.

I know I've put it off for the umpteenth time,

But I like to take my time

Thinking about what I want to accomplish this year.

But what do I want to accomplish this year?

Year after year I wrote:

I will lose weight.

I will be popular.

I will find a soulmate.

I will get recognition from others.

I will be happy.

I will have it all.

But these things don't seem as important

As they did when I was young,

Especially after the times I hoped and drove and strived

To achieve the goals I set for myself

Only to watch them fall by the wayside.

(2-19-2000)

(rev. 8/17/2001)