For anyone who has ever felt their life was stuck in a rut; each day a struggle just to get through. As you trudge forward, hold onto hope. Tomorrow is another day.

 

 

Another day in the life

Taking baby steps toward

An uncertain goal

Struggling through the next hour

The next minute, the next second

Seems like an eternity

Waiting for something – anything

A shift in the paradigm

And a change to the routine

There must be something

Bigger in store for me

Unsure of my future

What tomorrow holds

Should it ever arrive

I hold onto hope

And a promise that

My latter will be greater

Than my past

This thought sustains me

Through another day in the life

 

 

©2011 – Andrea J. Shannon

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  • mphsglo on Nov 16, 2011

    Very nice! I like –

    My latter will be greater
    Than my past

  • megamatt09 on Nov 16, 2011

    Rather nice work.

  • sloanie on Nov 16, 2011

    The treadmill of life and It’s ups and downs!!
    Nice poem.

  • okkhattak on Nov 16, 2011

    Awesome

  • Ruby Hawk on Nov 16, 2011

    We must always look forward to tomorrow and hope for a better day.

  • Ram Bansal on Nov 16, 2011

    Hope is the elixir for life and makes the spirit of it. Soory to differ, my dear, on ‘An uncertain goal’ with you. We can be sure of our goal but not the destination.

  • T. S. Lewis on Nov 17, 2011

    Unsure of tomorrow should it ever arrive… I can feel hopelessness in the combination of two of your lines and I hear hope too…

  • Christine Ramsay on Nov 17, 2011

    Such an expressive piece. I just hope that life holds a better future for you.

  • Adrn0919 on Nov 17, 2011

    As long as we have tomorrow there is hope! Holding on to a better tomorrow helps to sustain one when facing trails or just down. Wishing you well my friend.

  • Yvhes P. on Nov 20, 2011

    We should embrace life positively. Thanks for a nice share.

  • ittech on Nov 23, 2011

    fabulous

  • Bruce Officer on Nov 24, 2011

    Sometimes just getting through the day is enough.

  • Val Mills on Nov 26, 2011

    I’ve had times like that. Its always best to hold onto hope.

  • CarolineMG on Nov 29, 2011

    nice share

  • Elove Poetry on Dec 8, 2011

    challenge what the future holds

  • sheilanewton on Dec 11, 2011

    I recognise your name from somewhere else other than Triond. Do you belong to Wikinut perhaps?? I’m sure I have read some of your work somewhere. Perhaps I’m dreaming.

    Anyway, after reading this superb poetry, I’ve added you as a friend. I hope you’ll be a good Triond friend to me too and visit my posts now and again. I’ll be looking at my newsfeed for your latest works. Cheers – Sheila XX

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