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Created on: July 20, 2010
Today is the start of something new
A renaissance in my life
An effort to stop being
And start doing
So much of my life is steeped in regret
Like a bitter tea I don't care to drink
So I swallow my pride
And I try again
Today is a beginning
Today I choose to fight
Today I choose to be
Today I choose to move
Today was a tomorrow yesterday
And tomorrow will be today again
And if I fail today, I won't despair
Because it will be today again tomorrow
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Poetry: Today
Today, the spring wind
sighs and moans
outside my window.
Today, the travel clock
ticks away on the shelf
above my desk.
Today,
A ring of smoke
Hazes over my head
The last remnants
Of a burning cigarette
My tears have dried
Sticky rivers of regret
Dry now,
Today Or So It Seems
As I sit here today I remember yesterday
How long ago it seems. It flew by so fast
As if it was a dream
Today is tomorrow seen from yesterday,
it is an illusion of the past yet happens every day.
Today is a time that things
Let me get caught up today
get what I haven't done complete
stay current with all I should do
instead of dragging my feet
I've
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