Live for Today
October 2010 (9th grade)
For Nathalie W.

Kiss Yesterday goodbye.
Release your grasp 
of your past times.
If looking back hurts,
turn away.
Live your life
for today.
Let the tears fall if they have to.
I'll be there to catch them
if they do.
Time's going by too fast
so, leave your pain
in the past.

Tell Tomorrow hello.
Forward,
you must go.
Flash the sun a smile.
Just to witness that,
I would walk a thousand miles.
Listen to the words I've said.
Turn around
and look ahead.
Take a moment to breathe.
Life the world off your shoulders,
and give it to me.
The stars shine upon you.
They hold the future
as if they always knew.

Live for today.
Let things fall apart 
for others to fall into place.
Sing the song of the wind,
paint with the rays of the sun,
and become one with the mountains.
You've opened so many's eyes.
They look up to you.
As do I.
You are beautiful in so many ways.
You won't know
until you live for today.