Complete Cycle

Outside the dawn begins,
the present and I are friends
but the future's too much to swallow,
yet, time teaches us just to follow;

as we make our collective ways...
to ever brighter days.

Stop, when you think aloud,
but dismiss yourself from the crowd.
There are no promises collecting on your shelf;
so there's no one to answer to, but yourself...

you'll be lucky to have a friend
still concerned about you, at day's end.

Once your "lot" is cast,
your next thought may be your last,
life grades on "the curve"...
maybe not what you deserve;

for we find solace in where we're right,
surviving the day has brought 'round the night.