One Day, Each Day

A Poem by Mazie

This sonnet is about seizing the day and enjoying life while we have it. I wrote this just before I went into surgery.

One day to live a life; one day is all,
One day to ponder things from that, my past,
The shadows of my memories now befall
Forsaken thoughts I banished to the last.
Now time runs short, as now I face my fears;
The life I knew is taken by the turn,
And I await; the dismal hour’s near,
To lose my life, no guaranteed return.
And still I think, that life was incomplete;
Too soon it struck, this cannot be the end…
For I have much to do and much to see,
And more to love, old ties to mend…
But life is not a certain state to hold;
So live it now, you may not reach the old…