Today

Every day a little bit of us dies
Yet do we ever consider that
So caught up in our lives
We fail to have one another’s back
Making us less human then before
Always concerned with our score

There are those out there
That gives a little bit of their heart
Yet what if we all did
Would we still search for peace in the dark?
Redefining what it means to be human
To be able to smile time and time again

Although without the contradictions
Good would have no definition without evil
Kindness would be meaningless
Any attempt to make others happy becomes feeble
And there it lays -- the truth of our cruel world
That leaves us at times in the corner –our bodies curled

Silent shadows haunt
So we can enjoy the sound of bliss
Horrific hurt sledgehammers the heart
So we can understand forgiveness
In all of us a wide range of emotions
Meant to build us up and over time cause erosion

Every day a little bit of us dies
Too busy or too scared to look around
As we let the taken for granted moments slip by
We can’t have an effect on life six feet under the ground
I urge you with sincerity –live in all your bad and good
So that you never look back to say –if I only could.