New Year’s Resolution

the calendar flips
yet we remain the same -
as cold in January
as we were in December -
we declare ourselves new people,
promising fresh starts;
we change nothing,
though we know our deficiencies
and self-flagellate with great remorse;
declaring we will improve,
we find too much comfort
in the simple ease
of remaining the same;
accepting our limitations
as time, age or disposition,
excusing in ourselves
what we won't in others -
afraid of the greatness
we might achieve
with change.