Better Than This

December is ending
It's going by fast
2009 will soon be the past

What goals have been reached
What great deeds have been done?
Not compared to what 20-10 will have won.

" A great year it will be!"
I have said in my head
And will welcome it gladly from the warmth of my bed.

There may still be some hard times
Not funny, but true.
Yet we will make it as each day dawns anew.

To get through it we need focus
On blessings and good
To help us feel loved as all people should.

Will I be perfect this year
And accomplish my wish?
I have to at least be better than this!