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Then & Later; Claim Today
by Tina M Clark → (All Poetry by Tina M Clark)
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Then it behind you, Later is yet to be seen, NOW is where it really counts!


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Then or now can break us

or make us strong

Following down lifes pathway

We can be damaged,ripped, torn and worn

or lifted up and set free

I guess its all in how we travel

 and how we endure

Life can and often is hard

that much is for sure

 

We can choose to sit

drowning in our own tears

looking back over all the past years

Or we can

 stop

not let what was

 or even what is

hold you in one stagnant place

we can wipe the tears

from our face

stand tall

find ways to look back at yesterday

and learn to let them go

striving in the present

to be our very best

and look toward the future

as a wonderful journey

worth its weight in gold

 

Life is FULL of choices

not often can you go back

fix even one broken heart

or promise

you should have done it from the start

So take today

make it your own

and walk the way you will

ever mindful

that today is what counts

so reach out

reach out and claim it

continue to grab

Today may be all you ever have

 

 ©2005 Tina Clark

 

 


 

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 Reviews of "Then & Later; Claim Today"
Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on November 2, 2005
Tina, this is a beautiful gem of wisdom! We all need to
"Sieze the day" Thank you!

Love,
Eileen

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on November 2, 2005
Wonderful post....thank you!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on November 2, 2005
Tina,
Always dwell on the now, forget the past and " the future's not ours to see. " well said.

Reviewed by Betty Torain (Reader)
Reviewed on November 2, 2005
GREAT WRITE! Thank you. Then is behind you, Later is yet to be seen, Now is where it really counts. Thank you Lord for this day!


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