POEM - Eventual Resolutions

I didn’t resolve anything

Until well into the year

Last time this came up

But I like to think about things

Work out all the angles and responses

At least this version of me

Likes to mull over the options

And think before I open

My big loud maw

The brash version

That was the younger me

Probably would be amazed

That I was even listening

When I got that advice

That kept me

From running my mouth

That made me understand

Why a talented guy

With all the potential in the world

Would stick it out

At a so-so job

That didn’t pay him

Anything near what he was worth

But he wasn’t stressed

And he made enough

And he was always able

To be there for us kids

And fulfill his other duties

And he thought before he spoke

So that people waited for his word

He told me that was a key

Along with a few hundred other keys

To making it through

And avoid being the hot head

Like some Zen master

A few words

Placed just right

Changing the whole perspective

Good enough to be a resolution

Important enough to keep

So I will sit on the list

For a little while longer

While the new year

Sinks in fully