On This, The Eve of A New Year

i resolve
  to be more of an anomaly
i resolve
  to strangle the desire to compress
    into tidy little boxes
i resolve
  to embrace the dark
    and the light
i resolve
  to love the browne and the creme
    in aequus
i resolve
   to pursue a truce
     with my hair
i resolve
  to write more, hear more,
    speak less
i resolve
  to radiate love
i resolve
  to protect knowledge
   that is throbbing and new
i resolve
  to resist the urge
   to pulse and shatter
i resolve
  to rethink my definitions
   of beauty
    and strength
      and frailty