It’s the eleventh day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo and all I got for it was this tee shirt and a case of Bop!  What’s Bop you might ask?  So… did I…..

Poet Afaa Michael Weaver created Bop as a hybrid of sonnet and song.  “It introduces, discusses, and then solves (or fails to solve) a problem.”

A basic Bop poem has a six-line stanza that discusses a problem, followed by a one-line refrain. “The next, eight-line stanza discusses and develops the problem, and is again followed by the one-line refrain. Then, another six-line stanza resolves or concludes the problem, and is again followed by the refrain.”

Long Way To Tomorrow (Through Yesterday)
by Michael Romani

You keep on keeping on holding onto that grudge
Caged by the pain that you think just can't budge
Shake down, simmer down feeling like a clown
Brother, you know, you just can't let it keep you down
Let go, let God, ease of all that held in pain
You know if you don't, you're gonna go insane

It's a long way to tomorrow, lived through yesterday

If you want to overcome, you gotta let go of the past
Some things we want, we know were never meant to last
What's done is done no matter how hard we want to try
There's no shame in your best game even if it makes us cry
The world of misery loves to keep us in it's company
You need to shrug it off and tell it what it has to be
A thing of the past is just what it is and you know it
If you want a better future, you're gonna have to grow it

It's a long way to tomorrow, lived through yesterday

Living in the moment and holding on for tomorrow
Breathe in your dreams and exhale all that sorrow
Disappointment shadows its way inside your dreams
But nothing bad is solid no matter how hard it seems
You gotta find your strength and avoid the unwise
Come on now boy, you better, you better open your eyes

It's a long way to tomorrow, lived through yesterday

(c) April 11, 2017 Michael Romani