Shutters Locked On Yesterday
Shutters open
to catch a glimpse of the past
history locked in tragedy
the broken crime of time
Why can't you live in the present
Shutters open to catch a glimpse
of the past
a tragedy tapestry
you weave depression from history
My father said My mother did
if only I had, sadness repeated forever
shutters locked on yesterday
twenty years have past
yet everyday
you relive yesterday
trapped in a cycle of pain
today is not yesterday
yet you throw away tomorrow
because, you can't let go of the past
you hide in the bottle
Reliving yesterdays pain
Shutters locked on a glimpse of time
people gone from your life
why did he do that why did he hurt me
why did I do that, why? why? why?
yet yesterdays gone
why? do you live in the past
why do you let yesterday destroy today
Today you could laugh and joke
you could bake a Christmas pudding
even though its not Christmas time
you could stand up and shout this is me
You could exercise to build strength
you could improve you education
build a career and gain respect
with respect came societies approval
With success comes your families approval
When you combine exercise, diet, balance
granted money does not build happiness
but it does pay the bills
I suppose the reason why people hurt you
is that, people where also lost
some had drug problems
some had alcohol problems
Some believed that violence and punishment
was the way to teach discipline
some people show favouritism to one child
over another, some are blind to their own mistakes
yet living in the past
does not create solutions for your future
build a dream of what you want to become
to become like Evil Knievel
First become a mechanic
by becoming that Mechanic
you earn money to buy motor bikes
and fix motor bike's
Then you need to develop, the courage and skills
to jump motor bikes and perhaps kill yourself
I'm not saying that becoming Evil Knievel
is such a good idea
I'm just saying
you can become what you want to become
if you have a dream and build a plan
Shutters catch a glimpse of to past
but you don't have to live in the past
you want to travel to Disneyland
build a career perhaps an electrician
with the wages from an electrician
you can save to go to Disneyland
so your mummy called you stupid
because you disobeyed her rules
that does not mean you are stupid
it just means you broke her rules
don't give up because others run you down
it doesn't matter what other people think
your success will change their opinion.
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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