7. resolve

2010
not just a new year
but the banner year for a new decade

do you feel a need
to mark the moment?

i do.

but i need to think about it
because i don't usually think
that one only ought to change
as indicated by an arbitrary date
in a calendar

because i know lots of calendars
gregorian
julian

all kinds of ways we mark time
but only one way to spend it

i need time
to think
to plan
so i don't make
haphazard goals---
like someone just wanting to make
enormous changes at the last minute

i want to really understand---
what do I need?
who and what matter?

i am open to ideas.

here is one:

resolve ....
to have nothing in my life and home
that I do not know to be useful
and believe to be beautiful

ashima

01.07.2010