One Grey Morning
Embracing Tomorrow: A Poetic Reflection on Life's Grey Mornings
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You can count on many things
You can rely on many things
To let you down
Expect disappointments from various sources
You can take you plans
Your plans can be discarded
And stick 'em six feet underground
They may fail or be abandoned
But wouldn't your time be better spent
Consider spending time on the future
On days to come?
Focus on upcoming days
Not the ones that went
Not dwelling on past events
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning
Left stranded on a doorstep on a gloomy morning
There's a rumour and everybody's so convinced
Rumors circulate, but skepticism remains
But you don't believe your eyes have seen no evidence
No tangible proof of goodness in the town
Of any good left in this town
Doubtful of any positive aspects
Of any need to be hanging around
No reason to stay
But you'll leave the sun behind you one grey morning
Abandoning the sun, symbolizing hope, on a bleak morning
One grey morning
Repetition of the description of a gray morning
One of many grey mornings
Emphasizing the recurrence of dreary mornings
Always turning up without warning
Mornings that arrive unexpectedly
One grey morning
Similar to line 16, reiterating the concept of gray mornings
One of many dream orphans
Describing mornings as abandoned dreams
You follow up on all the leads
Pursuing leads that lead to nothing
That lead nowhere
Investigations without fruitful outcomes
Trying to recognize
Attempting to understand inner needs
The need inside that led you there
Unsuccessful attempts to recognize personal desires
You'll either listen to your heart
A choice between following the heart or drowning sorrows
Or go drown it out in a noisy bar
Using noise to escape inner thoughts
Til you're overcome by the silence one grey morning
Overwhelmed by silence on a gray morning
One grey morning
Repetition of the description of a gray morning
Like today
Specifying the current day as one of these gray mornings
Wouldn't your time be better spent
Reiterating the suggestion to focus on future days
On days to come?
Emphasizing the importance of not dwelling on the past
Not the ones that went
Avoid being stuck in memories of days gone by
And left you on a doorstep one grey morning
Left stranded on a doorstep on a gloomy morning
One grey morning
Repetition of the description of a gray morning
Like today
Like today, emphasizing the present moment as a gray morning
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