Find US farther than today : A Glosa

“Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today.”

-          Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I watched the television

And see all the confusion

Of what people talk about

Is it experience they handout

Or wisdom they want to pass

From politicians and jackass

To our poor children

Infos are all barren

Time is just to borrow

Not enjoyment and not sorrow

I turned my computer on

When I gave my girls a crayon

They drew as I surfed in Facebook

A promise of a good day they took

Just a few minutes or maybe an hour

Or until my soup turn sour

Facing the Choices of what to do

Gathering Ideas or say Adieu

To the Internet and make the day

Is our destined end or way;

I’d tell my kids what to do

As I prepare myself to go

Then I’d see their Will wouldn’t subdue

It’s their Game that they’d continue

They go in their own time

Their Joy is just sublime

I realized then what they want

It’s my love they always taunt

yell not at them and threats bestow

But to act, that each tomorrow

Each tomorrow is our today

This is what I try to convey

We make our choices

Friends are like Coaches

Choose your friends

Love your Enemies

Mistakes, you amends

Know your boundaries

To Joy make no delay
Find US farther than today!

         - LL Reed 07032012