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More Than Today, by Mary Wallace

3/1/2020

 
Today only has twenty-four hours,

From start to finish, that's it, no more,

Yesterday blends with other yesterdays,

Long golden days melded together in our minds.

Remove the pain and golden yesterdays are the best.

But not for all. Pain can stay,

You try to disguise it, cover it with more gold and bandaids

Today is only twenty-four hours,

Tomorrow comes with promise,

It reaches towards the future pain free still,

Endless days endless possibilities

No past to hide with golden light.

Tomorrow is white, maybe tinged with blue like the endless sky,

It stretches forever, nothing to hide, ready to be discovered.
Adrian McRobb
3/1/2020 01:59:55 pm

A great New Year poem

Mary Wallace
7/1/2020 04:31:53 pm

Thanks Adrian, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Sandra
4/1/2020 01:31:48 pm

Lovely Mary!

Mary Wallace
7/1/2020 04:32:22 pm

Thankyou Sandra.

Jim link
9/1/2020 03:51:23 am

Lovely poem (to quote Sandra), but I really like that last line: It stretches forever, nothing to hide, ready to be discovered.
We each have our own tomorrows to "discover," and this is a wonderful reminder that we need to find the best version of that wistful day, and we only do that by making it ourselves.

Nice
Jim

Mary Wallace
9/1/2020 12:26:43 pm

Thank you so much Jim. I'm still covering stuff with gold and bandaids at the moment, but I'm hoping for that wistful day to happen soon.🤞

Caitlin
11/1/2020 11:25:31 am

And this one speaks to me xxx

Mary Wallace
11/1/2020 06:27:46 pm

Thankyou Caitlin, hope your tomorrow is tinged with blue and pain free.


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