Just Another Day
Another Plaintive Song
Today was just another day
Of sadness, of sorrow
No different than tomorrow.
The universe cast me in my role
but the universe hasn't made me whole
for prayers unheard, for dreams deferred
by forces free from my control.
Today was just another day
To write another plaintive song
to have swallowed my pride
To go along to get along
Hollowed out inside.
Today was just another day
To take the road most high
to short my father's shadow by
seeing wrongdoing done,
and turning a blind eye.
About the Creator
Chris Z
My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.
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