Today
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Is there anything but
The harsh reality of today's world
To look forward to?
Children dream of
The freedom of adulthood
While adults yearn for
The ignorant bliss
Of childhood.
Every day
More and more innocents
Are corrupted and vandalized.
Each and every hour
Ladies and gentlemen,
Boys and girls are
Hurt, harassed, destroyed.
Every day
The children of yesterday
Are forced to be adults
Through sick acts
Of unimaginable violation.
The younger, the prettier,
The better.
Every unforgiving day
Presents an answer to
The problem, if only
We are brave enough to see it.
Each day we are given
The gift of an opportunity
To help the victimized,
To save the broken.
So now I make a single promise:
Today
I will reach out a hand to those in need.
Today
I will love my neighbor.
Today
I will be a voice for the voiceless.
Today
I will refuse to give in to the tide of my peers.
Tomorrow
Will be too late.
Tomorrow
Is never good enough.
Tomorrow
Is no more than an excuse for the cowards.
I must fight for the weak today.
Stand up for the broken this day
And the next alike.
I refuse to wait for tomorrow
When today the hurting is everywhere.
I will make my mark
And create a world worth living in
Today and every day to follow.