Today Is Not the Day You Die

You can lose the battle and still win the war As long as you know what you’re fighting for Because in the end it doesn’t matter how many times you fall Or all those times you had to crawl You’ll regret the times you didn’t even try And all those times you pitied yourself and asked why More than the things you attempted and failed Because even the hero loses some fights in those fairy tails So when you feel you can’t go on anymore Remember what you’re fighting for Even now you can rise from it all This battle may be lost but that doesn’t mean all are Today is not the day you die It’s the day you’ll win the fight And years from now when you’re old and grey A tale of victory will be told for this day By Denise Brown Dedicated to my aunt, Jessica Wyer, who bravely fought breast cancer and won