What Shall We Do With This Day?
There is so much to do and do well.
What shall we do with this day?
Sculpt it from the
moment you get up,
squeeze every minute
from its hours,
wring them out completely
and taste their essence.
They are sweet
and intoxicating
and full of promises
if you devour life,
before it devours you.
There are flowers
to pick and inhale,
babies to smile at
and make laugh,
what simple and
perfect joy is this
to bend tiny lips
into a laugh.
Hearts to warm,
and loves to pursue
like butterflies with
the net of our heart,
watch them flutter inside us
when love spreads it's wings.
Demand peace in every
human way possible,
stand tall and fight for
the preservation of life,
what is more noble
than to battle the evil
of men's hatred
towards each other,
Deny rights to all those
who promote
war mongering
and the control of
others through force
no matter what the cost,
Elect wiser heads
who seek to find
other avenues
to bring about
change and hope
in the march towards
temporal peace.
Work, and work well,
and contribute tiny amounts
of productivity that help
keep the world in order,
putting cash in your pockets
to delight others
who have offerings to sell.
Acknowledge nature,
and strive to protect it
from all of man's
careless abuse.
Pray for those
who have lost the day
or wasted it into nothing
more than a burden
Each sun will never
return the same,
each moon will always
beam on a new dream,
seize it all and live
voraciously while you can
for tomorrow we are but dust.....
and from that arises
only particles that smother
all the yesterdays
we once knew.
© 2009 Matthew Frederick Blowers III
