I’ve Changed My Mind

Woke up this spry misty morning
Restless to change the ho-hum of my life.
Bored with the humdrum/doldrums that’s
Plagued for so long.

Spoke up to issue fair warning
To any who might try to add to my strife.
Nothing and no one allowed to
Silence my song.

Yesterday’s sorrows are still there,
A constant companion wherever I go.
A badge I wear pinned to my heart
Next to your memory.
And all my tomorrows are threadbare,
Fallow, unchanged, unintended to grow.
Day after day after
Long lonely day
Yesterday is all I can see.

But you wouldn’t want me to
Carry that burden,
Living my life in a haze. So,
I woke up this morning and
I’ve changed my mind
To start living the rest of my days.

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