To Live Another Day

Free at last From the jaws of a nightmare ... It dropped you here, Where you lie trembling in the dawn. You feel those little aches and pains, The battles hovering ahead, But then again, a moment previous, You knew that you were dead
Icy rain Strikes every window. The clocks are blinking off and on. You seem to vaguely recollect That storm got ugly in the night. You find it absolutely glorious To meet the morning light, To live another day
Your mind plays a pleasant reprise Of odd moments of joy, Like when you knew It was better she left you, Or Realizing for god’s sake, It was only the flu;
Or, you were scared, there, going in, But then it really didn’t matter what they thought of you. Maybe it really doesn’t matter what they think of you
Outside your door Are the streets of the city. They’ve been your world Since you arrived here as a boy. You love them like a lover You’d forgive most anything, Can hardly bear to contemplate The thought of them in spring
You doubt you’ll stay forever In this elevated state. You try to memorize the feeling, To believe it’s not too late, To live another day
You close your eyes and you recall When dull defeat or alcohol Have left you oversensitive, And far too quick to bruise. You chose to take what life will give, To live another day