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Yesterday, today, tomorrow.
Just yesterday,
we were rolling down lush green hills
and eating sun-melted popsicles,
dripping sticky sweet through our fingers,
staining our hands purple as wine.
We were climbing ancient oak trees
And fishing for frogs
in a still green creek,
blanketed in sweet summer moss.
We were playing tag
and running through abandoned fields
dotted in beautiful yellow weeds
and sweet with fairy magic.
But today,
we are driving
and walking through hallways
with laminate floors,
sitting through long lectures.
We are rushing home
with essays to write
and calculations to make
and textbooks to read.
We are clocking in
and working
and leaving
and doing laundry
and cleaning
with bleach that burns
and tears that sting.
And that’s all.
Tomorrow,
will we continue a cycle
which spirals down,
down,
down,
and ends the same way it has been
for the last sixty years?
Will we work like a dog,
mean and bitter,
foaming at the mouth?
Or blind and wailing
like a basset hound?
Will we live
just to work,
just to eat,
just to sleep,
and hope for the end.
Or tomorrow,
will we learn to laugh again?
Will we learn to roll down emerald hills,
or eat popsicles,
or swim in a glistening creek?
Will we learn to wonder again?
Will we learn to climb sturdy old trees,
or run because we can,
not just because we have to.
What will we do
yesterday,
today,
and tomorrow?
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"So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do."
Ephesians 5:15-17