A Day, One More

Waking up, rainy day, only cloudy skies and soggy ground make it different than others…
Wiping sleep from my eyes, across the room I stumble, as if walking for the first time…
A days clothes I reach, whilst pining for my bed, wishing I had ended yesterday sooner…
For today will be different, not yet I know, it will be a day, one more, and no further…

A day, one more, and no further…

Hours of this week have feverishly passed, similar a lost tot searching their mother…
As I leave my home, I’m thinking already of work and what awaits me once I arrive
Reminding myself over and over again, that work is not life until it’s the time…
Still, thoughts are wasted, not yet knowing that it will be a day, one more, and no further…

A day, one more, and no further…

Stepping off the mornings train, I’m almost there, soon thoughts of work will not be a bother…
Suddenly my mind blanks, followed immediately of those I love, why and what is happening…
Immense pain in my chest, head feeling light, something’s not right, what I’ve ignored before, can’t be longer…
Stubborn I am, while staring death in the face, not yet knowing that it will be a day, one more, and no further…

A day, growing much shorter, and no further…

Reality of a situation dire, it finally takes over, for this day is unlike any other…
Nothing but ‘lasts’ now I think, last day I awake, last meal I just ate, soon to be last breath I may take…
Memories these are now, fading away into the light, oh, the last time I touched my wife…
Why must, of all of my days till now, I realize and accept that it will be a day, one more, and no further…

This is my day, one more, and no further…

Will everyone understand, that I couldn’t say goodbye, that my love for them could be no greater…
Please remember me, and my quirky ways, it’s how I coped with my life each and everyday…
And forget the times when I could do no right, it’s now that I feel most guilty…
This rainy morning, outside the train I’ll die, knowing finally it’s my day, one more, and no further…

This was my day, once more, and no further…