#seizetheday
Compilation of bewildering bygones. And no; never have I given the present time's worth. Due payment when it transmutes into the past. And that is a tragedy, my tragedy..:)
Dec 22, 2025
Dec 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM UTC
I drive way too fast
I listen to music so loud it hurts
I drink to get drunk not to be social.
I take the wrong turns
And the road less traveled
Because I want to.
There are more interesting things along the way
Dangerous or not
I walk into the woods at night alone
I carry a blade not a gun
Our mortality is the very reason I do so
you know something is watching
You can feel it
Sometimes it's good to be observed
By the unknown
It's that very feeling
Right before you are going to lose something dear
When you have to say goodbye
And you know it's forever
And have no choice
When you gain something you never knew you were looking for
Or already had
When you do things that terrify you
Because something inside you says you will regret it the rest of your life if you do not.
The watcher is telling you...you are indeed alive,
And you will be tomorrow.
It's coming and you can't stop it.
Your participation is encouraged but non-essential.
Wake up
Jun 27, 2019
Jun 27, 2019 at 11:09 PM UTC
“I’m sad.”
“Why?”
“She gets more likes on Instagram than I do.”
“I’m happy.”
“Why?”
“I have a bed to sleep on.”
“I’m sad.”
“Why?”
“My parents won’t buy me a car.”
“I’m happy.”
“Why?”
“I have food today.”
Nov 9, 2018
Nov 9, 2018 at 10:41 AM UTC
Time and I like to race,
And the both of us won’t give in.
We wish to claim first place;
We both deny what’s not a win.
With my eye on the prize,
I try to beat my nemesis.
For it’s time I despise,
It is a thief with arrogance.
And for the longest time,
My rival was in the craved lead.
I now forbid his crime;
I have stolen his spot, indeed.
“How I do this?” you ask.
Well, it is the most simple thing.
Within each day I bask,
And in each small moment, I sing.
I don’t say “Next week I…”
And I don’t mention what has past.
I live for the day, though,
attempting just to make it last.
One day I will have won,
And I will claim my spot: first place.
I am who made time run,
All because I slowed down my pace.
Jan 24, 2018
Jan 24, 2018 at 10:50 PM UTC
It’s a dreary day, filled with dreary weather and dreary people.
I walk to class with the same thoughts in my head
The same pathways to go
Routine
I am sitting alone in the front corner, my same seat
No one to my right, no one behind me
I look out the window
I see the same tall buildings and the grey whirling clouds ready for rain
But then i see a vase of bright purple flowers
It’s on the corner of a balcony for an apartment.
They are reaching for the sky to receive the rain promised by these grey clouds
that’s different
Jan 19, 2018
Jan 19, 2018 at 7:08 PM UTC
Crossing those boundaries of yesterday, step into unknown.
As today is your birthright, burn with fervour; consume and rise.
Repetition is forbidden, etch out your story; time flies.
Past is shrivelling rose, let go, so it may nourish its own.
Enraptured, relish each moment like a French delicacy.
Desire is destiny, fickle as change is constant. There's just
Indecency of death, after which comes the stygian dearth.
Embrace that permanence, and drain every day of all its worth.
Man wasn't meant to be a slave of tomorrow, break free; you must!
Dec 18, 2016
Dec 18, 2016 at 1:53 AM UTC
we may feel like we have all the time in the world,
or maybe that time moves too fast.
but sometimes,
i think we don't realize that
tomorrow is not guaranteed.
we may not realize what we have
until it's gone...
so seize the day.
live your life to the fullest.
because anything can happen in a day.
Feb 16, 2016
Feb 16, 2016 at 8:55 PM UTC
Why wait, hesitate?
Put things off, procrastinate?
Spring into action!
Jan 8, 2016
Jan 8, 2016 at 3:57 AM UTC
Why aren't you smiling, while the whole world is smiling?
In this lovely day why aren't you shining?
Obstacles on your way but even fowls are crossing.
Instead of smiling why are always cursing
the world and her natural ways of judgment.
Life is full of jubilance, why the resentment?
Understand that life is the most wonderful element,
Rich and nourishing, each day lived is a divine fulfilment.
Why aren't you smiling when you should be rising?
Why are you still going backwards, forward is where you should be heading,
You should be smiling even when everything seems to be falling,
Smile each day, life is awesome and worth living.
*"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"
Live today and worry not about tomorrow.*
Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 9:26 PM UTC
Stop counting the days,
start making the days count,
stop wishing your life away
or regrets will mount.
Remember life is for living,
make the most of every day,
embrace simply everything
that life throws your way.
Each day of life is so precious
a gift so truly wonderful
there is a certain onus on us
to live our lives to the full.
Yesterdays belong in the past
tomorrows are always a day away
Live every day like it’s your last;
Because it will be one day.
Jun 5, 2015
Jun 5, 2015 at 9:12 AM UTC
Right as he begins to drift off to sleep, kiss his forehead.
Be his sunrise. Make him coffee in the morning, even if you do not want any. If he holds your hand, grasp his in return, with all of the love in your body. Feel his pulse; his heart, pumping blood through his veins, through his hands, through his fingers, which wrap around yours with passion and life. Let it consume you.
This way, when all is said and done, he will remember your lips on his sleepy skin, and how he was protected at his most vulnerable...how his mind could rise peacefully with your help. He'll look at his open palm and wonder if yours is warm, and he can almost feel you intertwined with his lonely bones.
It may sting in the moment, but you've created a fire within him that will never burn out, and all you can do is hope that the next set of bones interlocking with his will be well worth his time. You've given him standards. You've given him what every soul deserves. You've given him love. And what ache isn't worth love?
Apr 16, 2015
Apr 16, 2015 at 12:30 AM UTC
"Carpe Diem!"
Scream at the top of my lungs
Making this my theme
Letting it roll off the tongue
Seize the day
Make it my own
No matter what they say
Let my opinion be shown
**** out the marrow
Enjoy every minute
Dodge all the arrows
Put my whole heart in it
Don't choke on the bone
Don't lose my pure motives
Keep my mind in the zone
Be sure, not just sort of
Take the bull by the horns
Wake up in reality
Or the mind will be scorned
Go against the normality
Yell back at the world
I can make my stand
Hurricane in a whirl
Of what they have planned
Do my own thing
Swim against the tide
Let my voice sing
My opinion will not hide
I will not conform
It is overrated
It may cause a storm
But my opinion shall be stated.
Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 5:51 AM UTC
**Let's begin the journeyTo refreshing our soulsWith poetic words on paper
We take the bull by the hornsTo achieve the dreams that our parents have not dreamed for us but our own
Where we conquer each of our failures to wear the crown of our successes
Hold on tight to your roller coaster
Let not the ride of life terrify the potential that lies hidden inside
When your soul screams to be kept alive Rewrite your story with a climatic twist Before the clock stops and your heart regrets Never achieving anything**
Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23, 2015 at 7:11 PM UTC
Carpe Diem it means seize the day. Today, I'm asking her on a date. This may sound odd, who knows if I will still live tomorrow so I'm doing it today. If I won't find my own voice, no else will do it for me.
Oct 20, 2014
Oct 20, 2014 at 8:13 AM UTC
Running in circles round-and-round
Impatiently waiting until the day you're found
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Pretending we're unboxed toys lining store shelves
Waiting for the one that will open us up to add value to their life
Until that day comes, we create and dwell on constant strife
We need to let ourselves out of the box
We must stop waiting to be invited to the others' flocks
Arise from your prison, you won't regret this decision
Already in Hell, how scary could it be outside of your cell?
Seize the day, no soul can enjoy life in a truly lonesome way
Oct 20, 2014
Oct 20, 2014 at 1:22 AM UTC
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?"
Answer: that you are here; that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 8:02 AM UTC
Carpe diem
Seize the day
I know it's scary
I know it's hard
But you don't have to be alone
Don't get swallowed up
It's not your fault
Don't blame yourself
Stay strong
Be brave
You are beautiful
You are chapter that need not end yet
Carpe diem
Seize the day
Live it well
Let it ring
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 2014 at 11:54 AM UTC