New Year's Resolutions

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Hot air balloons – that’s resolutions Large and attractive, impressive to begin You rise with upturned gaze and jutted chin And filled with hopeful expectations They can last for months or send You on an odyssey without end They can help you over obstacles with ease Carry you safe across troubled seas But you’ve got to keep them refueled Got to steer them away from being cooled Don’t let them be punctured by actions careless Don’t tire of watching their progress. Glory in their possibilities, admire their shape Their ascent has limitless scope. You may rise further than you ever thought, See things you never dreamed or sought Reach for the limits of your being while up there. Real things, not pie-in-the-sky. Resolutions can be almost anything you try. Or they can simply be hot air.