Awake

Awakened now I must face the day

Full of tasks and deadlines along the way

I hear the train just around the bend

I must be ready to jump on in

To take that ride as far as it goes

Not looking back, not holding on

Letting it take me wherever it will

Until it is time to jump off again

Each day is a journey for what it is worth

To treat each day as if it is my first

I try to start with a great attitude and smile

But that seldom lasts all the while

I am traveling along the rails of life

Without a choice of left or right

Or so it seems in the middle of the night

When I lay awake pondering the day

That has passed too quickly for me to say

Tomorrow is a new day to start again

May I find destination true; part of the plan

Full of purpose and hope and renewed energy – the end