AWC 09 - DAY 25
AWC Day 25
It’s Saturday and the weekend’s here
I’m so glad for two days
I don’t have a care in the world
With my feet curled
Under me
I can do what I want
I might sleep and dream in rhyme
Waking to write a masterpiece
That could fade the instant I open my eye
Or I could try to bake a cake
Or cook an exotic dish
Or I could wish
I wasn’t so tired
I could wish
For a sunny day to sit
Read a favorite book outside
Or listen to the radio or a new CD
Just waiting to be played
Allowing my mind to be waylaid
Into relaxation
My fascination with the new and unexplored
On Day Twenty-Five I might go out and about
Visit a theatre or a gallery
But no, not today
It’s not a time for me to play
It’s a time for me to rest
To recoup and once more
Become the best I can be
By preparing me
For the week that lies ahead
My mind, body and soul,
For Monday rejuvenated and refreshed
Don’t you know a work week is always a test
Of your ability to cope
With the stranglehold of a yoke
Called a job
Binding you down
Trying to tip the crown of your existence
But the two days we have
I call freedom, I told you mine
So what do you plan to do with yours?
It’s Saturday and the weekend’s here
I’m so glad for two days
I don’t have a care in the world
With my feet curled
Under me
I can do what I want
I might sleep and dream in rhyme
Waking to write a masterpiece
That could fade the instant I open my eye
Or I could try to bake a cake
Or cook an exotic dish
Or I could wish
I wasn’t so tired
I could wish
For a sunny day to sit
Read a favorite book outside
Or listen to the radio or a new CD
Just waiting to be played
Allowing my mind to be waylaid
Into relaxation
My fascination with the new and unexplored
On Day Twenty-Five I might go out and about
Visit a theatre or a gallery
But no, not today
It’s not a time for me to play
It’s a time for me to rest
To recoup and once more
Become the best I can be
By preparing me
For the week that lies ahead
My mind, body and soul,
For Monday rejuvenated and refreshed
Don’t you know a work week is always a test
Of your ability to cope
With the stranglehold of a yoke
Called a job
Binding you down
Trying to tip the crown of your existence
But the two days we have
I call freedom, I told you mine
So what do you plan to do with yours?
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