IT'S UP TO ME

I get discouraged now and then

when there are clouds of grey

Until I think about the things

that happened yesterday.

I do not mean the day before,

or those months ago.

But all the yesterdays in which

I had a chance to grow.

I think of opportunities that

I allowed to fall aside.

And those I took advantage of

before they passed me by.

And I remember that the past

presented quite a plight.

But somehow I endured it and

the future seemed all right.

And I remind myself that

I am capable and free,

And my success and

happiness are  really up to me.