no time like now

i see round my eyes the wrinkles of smoke.
i 've seen now what all i've allowed..... to control the mental as well as the physical...
no more.
there are so many minutes i've wasted. so many smiles gone buried.
there are smudges on my computer screen. stains on my favorite shirts....
no one to blame but me.
but i accept it all. and transition well. and toast to a morning of freedom.
you stand by me. you stand strong in your judgement. you stand and deliver a grin....

funkified

some days you wake, and before the water has boiled, the day has been funk-A -fied (capital exclamation point).... that has been this week. every day of the whole week. i wake three steps behind....