Andy Gissendanner Poet Free verse

POETRY FOR THE STREETS

Today Isn't Like Yesterday"

I perfer the morning 
As the sun begins to rise 
Before evil takes form,
And hatred picks a side.
Today isn't like yesterday,
I pray that nobody dies—
But if darkness claims the dawn,
Let light defend the skies.

For death may claim a single day,
And reap the souls of those who've sinned.
Today isn't like yesterday,
And the sun will rise again.

—thestreetpoet08

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Alison A Smith September 23, 2026 at 3:23 AM A stark, prayer-like free verse poem that uses the morning’s rising light as a powerful counterweight to fear, hatred, and death. The repeated line, “Today isn’t like yesterday,” gives it a memorable refrain and carries a quiet, hard-won hope through the darkness.