Tomorrow is on my calendar
as is every day next week.
I have interviews, appointments,
Dinners at which I'll speak.
I'll make some time for family
and writing, I suppose.
I must buy steaks to barbecue
and must purchase new work clothes.
When evening comes I'll settle back
with a glass of Pinot noir.
I'm a transient immortal,
I'm on loan here from a star.
The future is a game
against ourselves we play.
We plan as if we still have left
forever and a day.
In truth we all are transients
For just this moment free.
Self observing stardust
poised twixt two eternities
Oct 26, 2017
Oct 26, 2017 at 7:12 AM UTC
Tomorrow is on my calendar
as is every day next week.
I have interviews, appointments,
Dinners at which I'll speak.
I'll make some time for family
and writing, I suppose.
I must buy steaks to barbecue
and must purchase new work clothes.
When evening comes I'll settle back
with a glass of Pinot noir.
I'm a transient immortal,
I'm on loan here from a star.
The future is a game
against ourselves we play.
We plan as if we still have left
forever and a day.
In truth we all are transients
For just this moment free.
Self observing stardust
poised twixt two eternities
Carpe Diem
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