--- title: One of These Days date: 2007-03-07T16:12:29Z modified: 2007-03-07T16:12:29Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/one-of-these-days/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 106 categories: - Life Poems author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2007-03-07T16:12:29Z tags: - Life Poems --- Say! Let’s forget it! Let’s put it aside! Life is so large and the world is so wide. Days are so short and there’s so much to do, What if it was false–there’s plenty that’s [true](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/that-much-is-true.md). Say! Let’s forget it! Let’s brush it away Now and forever, so what do you say? All of the bitter words said may be praise One of these [days](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/better-days-are-coming.md). Say! Let’s forget it! Let’s wipe off the slate, Find something better to cherish than hate. There’s so much good in the world that we’ve had, Let’s strike a balance and cross off the bad. Say! Let’s forgive it, whatever it be, Let’s not be slaves when we ought to be free. We shall be walking in sunshiny ways One of these days. Say! Let’s not mind it! Let’s smile it away, Bring not a withered [rose](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-desert-rose.md) from yesterday; Flowers are so fresh from the wayside and wood, Sorrows are blessings but half understood. Say! Let’s not mind it, however it seems, Hope is so sweet and holds so many dreams; All of the sere fields with blossoms shall blaze One of these days. Say! Let’s not take it so sorely to [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/for-the-woman-who-stole-my-heart.md)! Hates may be friendships just drifted apart, Failure be genius not quite understood, Say! Let’s get closer to somebody’s side, See what his dreams are and learn how he tried, See if our scoldings won’t give way to praise One of these days. Say! Let’s not wither! Let’s branch out and [rise](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/rise-and-shine.md) Out of the byways and nearer the skies. Let’s spread some shade that’s refreshing and deep Where some tired traveler may lie down and sleep. Say! Let’s not tarry! Let’s do it right now; So much to do if we just find out how! We may not [be here](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-will-be-here.md) to help folks or praise One of these days. by James W. Foley