SEIZE THE DAY
inspired by Tomas Arana


   ow do I seize this day?

I�m going to climb onto the sun
and take a warm and brilliant ride
across the blue.
And as the day spreads-

I know there are seeds to be planted,
and crops ready for the harvest.
I know there are children laughing and playing
and old men weeping for their past.
I know there is Beethoven that must be heard,
and songs that have to be sung.
I know that Da Vinci must be seen,
and there is color and clay ready for the dabbling.

I know there is history to be learned,
and discoveries yet to be made.
I know there are stories to be told,
and I bet there is some poetry to be written!
I know war is being waged,
and I know, that peace will come.

And as the day gathers-

I know all this, and more.
I want to BE all this...and more!

So tell me,
before I go down in a ball of flaming red and orange,
my ashes thrown into the night sky
to twinkle there forevermore...

Tell me,
how do I seize this day, and make it my own?

For that, I do not know.


Quintiana
14Nov2000
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