Today, though important, is just one day;
whatever it’s outcome, tomorrow will come;
yesterday’s failures, again come my way;
and, again, to temptation, I’ll succumb.
How can I continue to live in yesterday;
even though I know that it’s gone;
or think of tomorrow, instead of today;
while today drones on and on?
Can I continue to live without purpose;
when purpose is what fuels life?
Do I dare delve beneath life’s surface;
while reality, cuts like a knife?
Why can’t I take it a step at a time;
and deal with whatever comes;
must I always, old truths refine;
when faced with reality’s sums?
For it doesn’t add up; what they say;
it doesn’t make any sense;
reality simply can’t be that way;
we can’t live in past tense.
Nor is the future a place we can live;
today is our only time;
everything past; we must forgive;
and future; reality, sublime.
Dismiss all thoughts that be contrary;
for thought, itself, is sublime;
time must not be our adversary;
we must live life one day at a time.