One Of Those Days

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    • MLynna
    • is unsure if the poetry I've written lately is too angsty/private/poorly written to post or not. Hmmmm.

    One Of Those Days

    Today was one of those days you just want to end
    One of those days when no one's your friend
    Tired and sore with so much to get done
    Longing for a friend but not having one
    But still I worked, straight through the day
    Hoping to finish in time to go play
    But knowing with dreadful certainty
    There's no one there to play with me

    Today was one of those days when you can't help but lose
    Good friends all around but you have to choose
    Everyone gets hurt and no one has fun
    Why can't they get along with everyone?
    Nobody wins when the best of friends fight
    Staying up arguing through a long dark night
    I want everyone of my friends to get along
    No fights or arguments, is that so wrong?

    Today was one of those days when everything is right
    Everywhere I go, no shadows, just light.
    Why can't all days be like the one I just had?
    Why do there have to be days that are bad?
    Memories of yesterday still cloud my mind
    Where's that silver lining I'm trying to find?
    Today may have been great, but that's just one day
    All the joy I felt today might soon go away.

    Today was one of those days when you figure it out
    Figure out what this life is really all about
    I'm not strong enough to make each day good
    I don't know why I ever thought I could
    I need someone to lean on, and that's who I've found
    My protector, my lover, who's always around
    He can do far more for me than I'd ever known
    You don't envy the birds until first you've flown.

    Today was one of those days that fades with time
    Not even really worth putting down in a rhyme
    Except for one thing, that carries me through
    One thing I try to understand, and sometimes I do
    Strong arms were around me, all through the day
    All I had to do was ask and then He would say
    “I love you, my darling, my sweetest delight,
    Stay with me forever, I've shown you the light.”

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    breezes commented on One Of Those Days

    09-18-2009

    How precious to think of God calling you His "sweetest delight".

    MLynna

    09/21/2009

    That's one of those 'hard to believe' things. I just can't fathom why God would take joy in me... But I know it's true. and writing it makes me believe it a little more, and see myself as His child.

    jscottkemp commented on One Of Those Days

    09-17-2009

    "You don't envy the birds until first you've flown." ...another great line in a poem that is generally pretty strongly evocative and pretty well crafted, I think.

    jscottkemp commented on One Of Those Days

    06-18-2009

    Conceptually great! Maybe needs a little help w/ scansion - something that can be learned. The creativity can't be learned, though... & this poem displays it

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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