Greet The Day: Second to Second
The steady “beep beep beep” of the alarm clock
Beep beep beeping me to the brink of insanity
Why doesn’t it just stop?!
A device with no humanity
Compelling me to spur profanity
Fine. You win this time.
Groggily my eyes pry open like a resistant window
Feeling sadness over the death of my previously alive resting mind
Somehow though a spark ignites
The feeling of possibility that can incite
24 hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds.
Knowing in the race of life, time always beats you
Because it refuses to wait for anyone
My time is finite, therefore my alarm clock has already beat me
It keeps moving forward, even if I refuse to
Not a second to waste, because I’m already in second place
86,400 seconds. Tick tock
Just one second can radically change a life
So I keep using those special seconds
But laziness tries to beckon
No, stop asking, I refuse to stop
Just give me a second to get my work done
Everything I do with this moment affects the rest
Rest? No, I can study chemistry
Chemistry? Yes, Biology too
Too much? Maybe, but let’s also play ukulele today
Today? 86,400 seconds and not one to waste
So I find my inspiration in my favorite activates
And I do each one without haste
Because if I do one thing, just one single thing
It can keep bringing me closer to my ideal future
No, I don’t plan to be the next professional ukulele player
I just find utter happiness in the sweet melodies
I just plan to be the absolute goal slayer
As I mark them off one by one
To-Do? No, more like a task hit list
Knowing that what I do today brings me closer to my golden future…
That’s why I get up in the morning.