LIFE HAS NO MULLIGAN

Another year closing,
ruminating all those
“to-do” lists with many
unfinished business and
incomplete assignments.
Thinking, will I finish?

Only a prayer of hope,
can clear those outstanding
items on those damn lists.
I keep going over
and over all the tasks,
hoping something will change.

Yet, they remain untouched,
as I ran out of time
when the calendar’s date
showed today’s final day,
December thirty first.
Another year, now done.

Those incomplete items
now carry the burden,
towards a new “to-do” list,
brought into the new year,
leaving fragments of time
and sense of urgency.

Today’s a gift given,
hence, why it’s called, present,
there’s no rewind button,
nor a fast forward one.
Just a replay in all
my memories to date.

Living to my best life,
what I was raised to do,
even with obstacles
are thrown in my path’s way.
I keep my head focused,
and learn from their lessons.

It’s then I realize,
when life truly doesn’t
offer a mulligan.
Take each day as it comes,
with the blessings granted,
knowing faith will prevail.