Broken Resolutions
Promises To Self
Every year, I make promises to myself, but I put them on the shelf within no time.
When I withhold for a day or so, I completely cheat with my own
I had a list of unfulfilled promises that I wanted to complete
The same story I repeat every year since I learned to make promises to myself
Oh!
I made a promise to myself, but where I am?
Since many years my focus was health
Last year I got sneakers and gym bag that is lying in my closet and remind my unfulfilled promises
I got a watch to keep track of my activity that is lying uncharged
Signup a app to log my daily intake and get notifications to log
I made my vows with dawn’s first light,
To rise, to change, to take flight.
A list of dreams, all shiny and bright,
But like the breeze, they slipped from sight.
The gym bag stayed, unused and packed,
The books untouched, the plans cracked.
Each day, a chance that I held back,
But still, I moved, and still, I tracked.
The scale remained, a silent friend,
My hopes, my goals, they’d bend and bend.
Yet in my heart, I knew no end,
For life’s not lost in how we mend.
I faltered, yes, I did retreat,
But never once did I concede defeat.
For resolutions, though incomplete,
Are steps toward something soft and sweet.
The journey’s long, the path unclear,
But still I rise, despite the fear.
Some goals might fade, some dreams disappear,
But I don’t quit, I persevere.
So here I stand, no shame, no sigh,
With plans anew, I’ll still aim high.
The past is gone, but I won’t deny,
I’ll rise again, and I’ll still try.
Let’s not lose heart in 2026. Is it not very far?
If not in 2025, I will do it in 2026.
