In a Different Vein

LIFE

'Heretofore' is past and gone;
Its course I cannot alter,
But I CAN determine 'here and now'
And never swerve nor falter.

No use to cry o'er 'heretofore',
But like summer fruit hung from a rafter,
I can store up all of 'here and now',
To enjoy in all 'hereafter'.

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