Today (or Never)
Live life or it will live for you
Tomorrow runs; yesterday hides.
Today is the only time you're alive.
Most of refuse to accept that simple fact
Instead we anticipate the future and attack the past
In goes by so fast and we know nothing lasts
So I can't help but laugh at my own irrationality
Refusing to live in the reality of here and now
Knowing the logic and dismissing somehow that
Today is the only time I'm alive.
Tomorrow runs; yesterday hides.
written without any ai assistance; in one sitting; in a free flowing response to the prompt.
About the Creator
Kevin Newton
I like patterns. I like helping my fellow humans. I enjoy writing about other worlds. I offer fictional works for entertainment and beauty. If you get either from my works, please let me know.
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