You Can Only Live In The Present Poem by Francis Duggan

Some people they lament their lost youth whilst others their life's twilight enjoy
You laugh the whole World laughs around you but you worry and soon you will die,
You wish you were young again in your twenties but the clock on your life it ticks on
And to the past you cannot return for the past it is forever gone,
You can only live in the present so do make the most of today
Tomorrow who knows what awaits you though tomorrow is only hours away
If you are cranky and in a foul mood others of you do not wish to know
But if you are happy and nice to others the numbers of your new found friends grow
Your happy face is like a magnet it draws other people to you
And your friendly greetings others will greet in likeness with a cheery 'how do you do'
All of last week you were in a good mood but the good mood for you did not last
And you cannot return to last week for last week is now in the past
You can only live in the present and the present for you is today
Who knows what tomorrow holds for you though tomorrow is only hours away.