My Part in Tomorrow

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My Part in TomorrowI remember as a youngsterwatching Bewitched and the Munstersand letting my afternoons just waste awaybuilding colored cities with Legosmaking forts in my mashed potatoesnever giving much thought to my next dayI played and played and life worked itself outI never had to think aboutmy part in tomorrowand what I could help it to benow I try my best one day to the nextbut that's the most I can seethere's one sunrise at a timeon horizons of our heartsif I'm lucky before it shinesI can picture my partmy part in tomorrowthen by my sophmore year in collegeI thought higher learning and knowledgeknew where I'd be twenty years down the linebut that's a shaky leg to stand oncos the best things can't be planned onlike falling in love for the first and last timeI used to think years and years aheadnow I pull my wife close and think insteadof my part in tomorrowand what I could help it to benow I try my best one day to the nextbut that's the most I can seethere's one sunrise at a timeon horizons of our heartsif I'm lucky before it shinesI can picture my partmy part in tomorrowlately I watch my boys run and playjust enjoying being youngif I teach them the value of todaythen I know I've donemy part in tomorrowand what I could help it to benow I try my best one day to the nextbut that's the most I can seethere's one sunrise at a timeon horizons of our heartsif I'm lucky before it shinesI can picture my partmy part in tomorrow(c)2005 Robert George