Today — Summary

I try to get through today I don't care for tomorrow

It can run away from me Along with the light

It's heavy, you know Today is heavy

Today becomes yesterday Along with every other day

Then that's life It swallows me whole

At the end of today The next today comes And I don't care for tomorrow

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Mary62708's "Today" is about getting by when life feels like too much. The speaker doesn't look ahead or make plans. They only try to "get through today," and they say flatly that they don't care for tomorrow. That line comes back at the very end, so the poem finishes where it started, stuck in the same place.

The speaker feels weighed down and worn out. "Today is heavy" is said simply, almost like a confession, with "you know" making it sound as if they're talking quietly to someone close. Days pile up into yesterday, one after another, until they blur together. Life itself is pictured as something that "swallows me whole," which suggests the speaker feels powerless against it.

The mood is bleak, tired, and numb, but also very honest. Short lines and plain words make the poem feel like a low, steady voice repeating the same thought, with no escape from the loop of days.

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