Resolution

I am a 21-year-old educator from Jonesboro, Arkansas.

by Sarah Watkins

Breakfast in the morning in silence
Nourishment for your needing body

The roughness of your nose—
You breathe in and out far more clearly than the night before

The sweet taste of half-moistened cereal
A good look at yourself in the mirror—
Yourself in the mirror
A treaty to sign and a handshake to shake:

Today will—and must—be better