Resolutions

So often we make
A resolution
Pretend a promise
Is a solution

A palliative
For whatever ails
In the end only 
Our practice prevails 

More than what you say
It is what you do
That defines your life
Determines the who

That we remember
When some day will come
Recounting our days
When the last is done

It's in retrospect
We finally see
The story we wove
Continuously 

Decisions made now
The moment which counts
Irretrievable 
Each consequence haunts

The resolution 
Is made infinite
Each moment of now
That we honour it

A streak of choices
Some planned and more not
Whatever we did
That is what we got

Say not what you won't 
Decide to omit
Select what you'll do
And integrate it

If growth is the goal
Something to attain
Act not to omit
Choose instead to gain