Memories

 When you wake up in the morning,
 the day is fresh and dawning,
 we thank Allah for letting us taste another day,
 whether it's planned for work, rest or play.

  The curtains we open and the day shines through,
 Everything around us was created for me and you,
 Looking at the weather, to see what it will be,
 Will it sunshine, snow or rain for me?

  When the family has gone about their daily chores,
 The housework you've done now the day is yours,
 The house is in silence a pin drop you'll hear,
 But you're not alone because Allah is near.

  In our private thoughts, we're not willing to share;
 some time’s you think do my friends really care?
  Why do we live with too many tomorrows?
  We only get hurt with many pains and sorrows.

  Tomorrow never comes today is here and now,
 Yesterdays are past us forever somehow,
 Too many promises are made for the future to hold,
 Too many broken dreams of promises told.

  We reflect in many yesterdays in happiness or sad,
 We have lived through them some have been bad,
 No matter how we try to cover up the past,
 It has a habit to catch up with you fast.

  Loved ones taken for granted as we all live and die,
 Every second we're getting older, staying young we
do try,
 Our life was mapped out for us right from the start,
 Life takes twists and turns and plays with the
heart.

  We all have memories of people who we have all lost,
 But everything has a price and we pay the cost,
 Life is a test its not easy to say,
 some come out winners and others lose along the way.

Live your life for today and take every chance,
 Before it becomes a yesterday at a glance,
 Put right all those yesterdays as more come fast,
 Make good memories that are a pleasure to last.

  Life is like a roller-coaster with many up and downs
for you,
 No matter what life brings you'll cope without a
clue,
 We don’t hold the future it's in Allah's hand to
cast,
 But memories were our future and now it's our past.

  We become our children's memories within the grave
in the end,
 No more futures for us only yesterdays we have to
send,
 We will be judged on our yesterdays that will become
our fate,
 Try to put right the wrongs in your past before its
too late.

 Written by Samirra 2000©