New Year's Resolutions

Everything is gone.
Lost to memory
That will falter,
Left to remain
Only in photographs.
What do we have to show for it?
Pain?
Scars?
Healing wounds?
So we look forward.
We say it is a new year,
A new chance,
A blank slate.
We will write our own history
We will begin a new chapter
We set forth with aspirations
And hopes of creating
A better tomorrow.
We resolve to do something.
And for a while...
We do.

But will it last?
Will I fall into the ranks
Of the majority
Who let their hopes
Their dreams
Fade away another year?
Or will I stand firm,
Pursue my goals
And truly create a new tomorrow?
Only time will tell
If I am real.
But for today...
I will prevail.