Become the leaf from which you turned a thorn! <br />Go back in time, becoming your good self; <br />Take on traits healthy with which you were born; <br />Cast off those tendencies that gave more pelf! <br /> <br />Throw off your habits bad of yester-years; <br />Peel off the pachyderm of ‘make-up’ dirt; <br />Remove the accrued wax from outer ears; <br />Make up with others whom you had once hurt! <br /> <br />Resolve in mind to give up sinful thoughts; <br />Defreeze your heart of pent up emotions; <br />You fulgurate your body’s ugly warts; <br />Enhance your skills for future promotions! <br /> <br />Let words from mouth be courteous, kind and rife! <br />Let virtues take the place of vice in life! <br /> <br />Dedicated to those in high office who wish to turn a new leaf! <br /> <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-14-2010<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-new-year-resolutions/
