Waiting for Carpe Diem
seize the day,
wonder if that leads to seizures of the day
and how many
I wonder if waiting gets me anywhere
they say all good things come to those who wait
and that very well may be true,
but what about all the good things they miss
while waiting?
waiting for Carpe Diem
and knowing that it is a crime to wait like this
I am wasting time I could be out
doing things to change the world
To improve it
or destroy it
Knowing more than anything
that I don't want to be waiting for Carpe Diem
I want to be simply seizing this day
holding on to it for all I am worth
from the blush of it's early sunrise
to the bruising blues and purples of this evening's twillight
I want to hold on to this day
I want to let it become for me
the only day that I have every lived
I want it to be the culmination of all days
I want Carpe Diem
but instead I am waiting
and I don't know why.

10/04/2003

Author's Note: Feeling like I should be out doing something important and yet doing nothing of the sort.

Posted on 10/04/2003
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