A New Year Resolution

A New Year Resolution, by Sandeep Shabd:

After a few days, there will be a New Year;

A fresh start, new resolutions and new benchmarks.

This is a contemplating week,

Before the time gives new life to the calendar.

What got missed and by how much,

Again an era of failed resolutions passed by.

But many unknown and known achievements,

Were brought home, by luck or by Karma.

After every winter, with a new year,

the apple tree does not make a resolution-

What numbers of leaves and apples, it will bore.

But yet it serves all, by its shadow, woods and fruits.

Then why should I make a resolve?

Nature gave us an evolved brain to think,

And power to act, by our strength.

Act nobly, if you do;

As with power, comes responsibility.

If it takes time to achieve success,

Let me break time in parts,

These parts signify small battles,

To win the war of self in the end.

Let my defeats be behind in gone times,

With new zeal and power, with aim- new and old,

And with shield of experiences of life, I learnt,

I will wage my battles in the coming year.

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