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My Hopeful New Year's Resolution

Two thousand twenty-five will be here soon-
and as tradition, it's the time to say
what is my promised wish to start anew
with resolutions that are made to stay.

Something important that will make a change
on how I like to spend my brand new day-
not to awake with passion to write words;
just steer my talents in another way.

When I begin a poem, I soon find
that many hours may pass as I delay
the other things still waiting to be done.
It's best to choose leftover time to play.

And so, my New Year's wish- to wake up strong-
forget the visions dancing in my head!
Replace the rhymes and meter with a list
of all the things I need to do instead!

And my reward will be, at each day's end,
my wish stayed true and I can say hooray!
But somehow I believe my heart will ache-
and soon the muse in me will not obey!

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Constance La France Date: 12/31/2024 5:59:00 AM Sandra, I love your write for my contest, sorry it did not get entered, it would have placed high. I am exactly the same, I also wake up with words swirling in my head and I start writing and hours go by. And like you I do not do other things, so I am going to stop that also, get up and perhaps go out for a walk, go for cafe at a nice place, meet up with friends, go thrifting, then later do the poetry thing ~ Login to Reply