The New Year

As we look to the end of two thousand nineteen

We realize all that we've done, heard, felt, and seen

Our actions are realized; were they loving? or were they mean?

Must we start next year with a dirty slate? or clean?

These questions are ours to ponder, whichever stance we choose to take

The decisions are ours also, whichever choice we choose to make

I know that as I, myself, look inward, only one option makes me quake

The decision to, from this point onward, no longer be fake

I choose to let the world know just precisely how I feel

Instead of being chewed on and spit out like a gross meal

I won't be trampled by the crowds, nor bruised beneath their heel

I'm standing by my actions, words, and thoughts, I say with zeal

With this new outlook in my bag, its time for some reflection

To whom do I owe this past year? who pulled me which direction?

Did I care more about my family? or the race towards next election?

Did I spend time with the ones I love? or a far lesser selection?

Did I spend time in the Word of God? the one that gave me life?

Or did I cave to Satan's temptations, and fall headfirst into strife?

Did I spend time bettering myself, in eventual pursuit of a wife?

Or working on the legacy I leave, when entering the afterlife?

Did I spend my time obsessing over things that mattered not?

Movies playing in theaters, or complaining about the weather, cold or hot?

Whether or not my sports team won, or if the government legalized pot?

If Disney bought Fox Studios, or about the leaked Avengers plot?

As you follow me in this new year, here's something we should all try

Let's make a difference in the world, instead of vice-versa, before we die

Don't settle for the world, and don't settle for just barely making it by

You owe it to the world and yourself. Anything other than that's a lie

Whether or not you followed that, I'm going to do a quick summary:

The years ending, and look around. The world is in a crappy situation. What did we do this year to contribute to its betterment, if anything? Were we too busy worrying about what the Democrats or Republicans have said/done to work on our very own selves? Were we too sucked into Tik Tok for hours on end to take five minutes out for devotions? Were we too worried about our Instagram followers to pay attention to our family?

And then I vowed to change that this next year. I vowed to not be walked on, to be responsible for all of my actions, whether beneficial to me or not, and I vowed to ultimately just try my best to be a better person in general.

I asked a couple of people at my place of work if they had any new years resolutions, and the majority of them said they didn't.

To quote one of my cooks:

"I'm going out of this year the same way I came in. Dumb, drunk, sick, and sarcastic."

So yeah, great standards of living for the future.

It's perfectly okay not to have a resolution too. I know I say this a lot on these things, but do what suits you best. If you don't want to have one, don't. If you do, do. It's not hard.

I'm gonna wrap this up so you guys can get back to partying.

Happy New Years everybody.

2020.

Dang I'm getting old quick.

-Dominic Romeo

1/1/2020

12:00:00 AM EST