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Just in case you forgot
The average person lives 27,375 days.
Make a chart
And check the boxes.
How many days have you lived so far
And how many days were worth it?
How many days did you lie in bed
Wishing you were perfect?
Or just okay, or just not enough
But you wasted your time
Just thinking.
Another box will be gone today
So when you go to sleep tonight
Remember there’s a box tomorrow
And you need to make it right.
Don’t watch that show
Don’t wallow or weep
Just make this one day count:
Because you don’t know when
The boxes will end
But you know there’s no recount. .
Make a chart
And check the boxes.
How many days have you lived so far
And how many days were worth it?
How many days did you lie in bed
Wishing you were perfect?
Or just okay, or just not enough
But you wasted your time
Just thinking.
Another box will be gone today
So when you go to sleep tonight
Remember there’s a box tomorrow
And you need to make it right.
Don’t watch that show
Don’t wallow or weep
Just make this one day count:
Because you don’t know when
The boxes will end
But you know there’s no recount. .
Published 16th Jun 2021
| Edited 11th Jul 2021
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17th Jun 2021 12:17pm
Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. If I am the beholder, you are perfect.
17th Jun 2021 5:31pm
Bravo. Love the chart perspective. Visuals enable someone too view the reality of it.
17th Jun 2021 7:25pm
Every line spoke to me... amazing thinker poem. I love that last line, drop the mic status.
18th Jun 2021 2:33pm
A very sobering and soul-searching write; a real wake-up call. Thanks, hugs, and peace, oral
15th Aug 2021 12:59pm
