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Leaf In the Water

Today is yesterday.

Tomorrow is today.

“Life” without living

is the most boring way.

This morn I awakened.

This eve I will dream.

My awakening is wasted,

for it steals from my dream.

I “live” day to day.

I think not of tomorrow.

I can’t stand the future,

for it fills me with sorrow.

“Life” is redundant.

It’s not worth a dime.

It’s simply too boring –

a BIG waste of time.

I’m too sane to end it.

I’m too bored to care.

I’m simply existing.

I’m going nowhere.

Like a leaf in the water,

I follow the flow.

I’ll ride this “life” out

just to see where I go.

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Aaron Wray Hawkins

October 5, 1987

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