What a Difference a Day Makes
What a difference a day makes
A minute, a second is all it takes
To create history, to change the world
To embark on ventures, brave, new and bold
It takes a day for war to start
A day that will, for years, tear nations apart
It takes a day for life to begin
One that will, on another day, a new nation win
It takes a day to launch a new career
One that will, our lives, into a new era steer
It takes a day to realize the work of a lifetime
Work that will, one day, be praised in song and rhyme
It takes a day for a typhoon, tsunami or earthquake
A day, that will, millions of lives rudely shake
It takes a day for disaster to strike
Disaster that will take away the people and things we like
It takes a day for you and me
To be the people that we can be
It takes a day for you to grow
And the friend of a lifetime, get to know
What a difference a day makes
So, let us give it all it takes
To make this day, special and good
To be the people we can and should.
Copyright © Alister Renaux | Year Posted 2009
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