Today is just an ordinary day.

Today is just an ordinary day.

I woke up.

I ate some food.

I got ready for work.

I spent the day grading papers for my students

Constantly writing down today’s date

Over and over and over.

4/17

A day that no longer means something special.

A day that no longer carries my memories

To the night I sat in your car

Driving to your place

My hand in yours

As you had asked me at a stoplight

With the red lights shining in your face

Just what exactly we were.

4/17

A day once embedded in my head

And engraved in my heart

4/17

Now just numbers written in red

4/17

Now just one sliver of life

Soon vanishing in the blink of an eye

4/17

Today is just an ordinary day.