Often comes the new year and resolutions
A time for change, growth, and hopefully, solutions
The year began with my heart in emotional chains
An etch on my soul, I shall take that pain

This year I shall focus on a new beginning and taking chances.
I will not become a victim of my self-inflicted circumstances.
Though some part of my heart may remain broken and tattered
I will no longer let what’s shattered get pushed away and treated as though it never mattered.

This year I will become my own priority
Say what is on my soul and take back my own authority
I am not to be discarded as insignificant trash
Thus, I must burn the idea my respect for you into a pile of ash

So I will take this sign of my growth
As an oath to never settle by becoming someone that I loathe
I will no longer bow on bended knee
To someone who seeks devotion, while I sacrifice the best parts of me

This year I will be putting myself first
I thought I saw the best in you, but all I was getting was your worst.
I will no longer indulge in your lies and your immaturity
I will no longer allow such an impurity to taint my sense of self-security

The new year has offered me a wonderful solution
Therefore, I have established this year’s main resolution
To heal the unbroken parts of me, I must learn to know
That is why, forever and always, I will never regret letting you and the rest go.