Recovery

When did 8:00 become sleeping in?
When did only a little tired
Become an acceptable replacement
For wide awake?
Aches and pains
Are starting to become familiar.
A day off
Feels fulfilled
By doing nothing.

There is a fine line
Between complacency
And recovery.
Am I living life?
Or simply being alive?
Carpe diem
Seems to have changed
Into a promotion for lethargy.

Today is the day.
I am young.
And though growing older,
I cannot let time
Rule me.
Instead
I must rule time.

We are given one chance,
One body,
One mind.
We must not only utilize,
But develop.
We must seek
To be better tomorrow
Than we were today.
To grow to new heights,
And overcome old lows.
We can no longer
Let yesterday
Dictate today.
We must seize the day,
Improve ourselves,
And when tomorrow comes,
Do it again.
This is success.