Tomorrow is Too Late This one isn't like it sounds in the beginning. It's not all mopey and sad. It just starts out that way.
I inhale the burning toxicity of the cigarette
like there is no tomorrow
and watch the smoke wrestle it's way
out of the gallows of the lazy sky.
I'm so jealous of it sometimes.
Why can't I just float away
without having to say ..a word.
No explanation, just a trail of wispy curls.
Sometimes I pray
that it will carry me away
to a place
where people don't find inspiration
from inane statements like
"What if today was your last day?"
Are you kidding me?
I refuse to live that way!
I'm not going to save all of my mistakes
for one day.
I'm going to love like my heart can't break
and learn from every chance I take.
I want to live everyday like it's my last.
I won't be forced to act.
I won't be scared into lending a hand
to my fellow man
in the hopes that God will understand
why I chose to wait until my last day.
I'll do it because I want to,
not because I was told to.
I'll do it now while I can,
because I'm dead on gone,
intentions aren't worth a damn.
I challenge you to hand out smiles for free.
And not to lie when you pass that
homeless guy on the street.
Just a little loose change today
can change his day,
and give him a reason to wake up tomorrow.
I dare you to look into his eyes,
and stare into his sorrow.
And SEE...him...
and take the chance to really see
what it's like to BE...him.
See...how people TREAT..him.
LOOK!! Look at the lines on his face
that scream the secrets of his passed mistakes.
Slow...down....and see.
What is a lifetime but a chance to lay down
the foundations of a legacy for those that
come after me?
A legacy of love for humanity.
I'm not living life like I'm running a race.
I want to remember each face I see
and I want them to remember me.
I don't want people to sing my praises,
I just want someone to say "Hey...this girl?
...she is O.K. She didn't wait until her last minutes,
to frantically search for heaven,
she knew she was already in it."
And on my grave..it will say...
"Tomorrow is too late." |
