As the loves of my life unravel
I try to put them
back together
just one day at a time as
I write this rhyme.

Learn to live life just
one day at a time
knowing that everything
will be fine and you will find
your little piece of heaven
just one more time before
that final chime.

Sometimes it is just outside
of your front door
appearing so close but
yet so far away as the night
turns into day.

I find it hard to care
about anything anymore these
days and in fact the only thing
I do care about is the fact
that I don't care about
anything anymore.

My time here on this planet
is getting short and in my life
there is no longer any sport
of any kind because
it is either their way
or the highway.

You either have it
or you don't and there seems to be
no middle ground in this great
balancing act that everyone
tries to enact and that is
no brag just fact.

Respect yourself enough
to walk away from anyone
that can no longer
make you happy and doesn't
respect your growth.

Know that today was good
and today was fun
but tomorrow is another one
and realize that you could miss
all of the best things in life
if you keep your eyes shut
so just go one day
at a time.

Sometimes the questions
are so complicated
and the answers so simple
and right in front of you
but all you can do
is move just one day at a time
and try to find that
unversal rhyme
of love.

Don't cry because it came and left
leaving you to say "surely you jest"
just smile because it happened
and just move forward
to another day.

You approach that final rest
and your balancing act
is the final test so just
remember how much
you have been blessed
to have made it
so far doing it
your way not caring what
others had to say.                        Jon York                 2012