Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

My New Years Resolution For 2022

In 2022 I resolve to be less accommodating.
Not the first one to yell “I will do it”,
often putting everyone else’s needs before my own.
I resolve to become aware when I am being taken advantage of,
and it was my own idea.

I will stop offering to go first, be first, taste first.
I will hang back and wait for someone else to be the pigeon.
When someone is moving, I will not begin collecting boxes for them.
When a stray dog shows up, I will not order a new dog bed.

I will look at myself and think “what do I need?” 
before I think “I had better do this, that and the other” for another.
In 2022 I resolve to be less accommodating. 
Oh, you need to borrow a car? Sure. Here are my keys.

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David Kavanagh December 29, 2021 at 2:10 PM I agree Caren, we don’t just change because of a new year’s resolution, hey can I borrow the Mclaren I gave you in a poem once, cheers David Caren Krutsinger December 29, 2021 at 7:56 PM Sure why not?

Darlene De Beaulieu December 29, 2021 at 11:29 AM Hello Caren, yep! Go ahead put yourself first. Hugs. Darlene De Beaulieu December 30, 2021 at 4:08 PM Hello Caren, well i was a wife and tiyr right. A wife does not put herself first. Hugs. Caren Krutsinger December 29, 2021 at 7:57 PM Thank you Darelene as wives and mothers, this does not come naturally