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Forget About Tomorrow - poem/lyrics - any country music collaborators out there?

merej99Posted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago3 min read

I wrote this back in 2002 when I was separated and waiting for my divorce to be finalized. It was a dark time as I tried to rediscover myself, my self esteem. I had been defined as someone's wife and someone's mother for so long that I lost who I was as an individual. Add the fact that being a single mother of three young boys meant that I quite possibly could be alone for a long time.

I wasn't looking for a long-term relationship. Though one-night stands aren't my style, I was compelled to live a little dangerously especially after having been committed to one man for several years. Still, it was quite difficult finding myself on the market again.

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Then one night...

There was an old high school friend who happened to be passing through town on business. A few drinks and a lot of flirting later, I found myself in his hotel room. Never in my married life had I experienced such a patient and giving lover. It was so beautiful that I wept.

I wept because for so many years I thought I was broken; incapable of having mind-shattering orgasms. Until that night, I had no idea how alive my body could be.

Getting dressed to leave, I knew that our paths might never cross again. He was leaving town in the morning, and I had three young children to take care of. There was no point in fantasizing about a future. We were in the moment and the moment had passed.

When I got home, I began to pen these words, which I've always imagined to be a country song - perhaps a duet.

Forget About Tomorrow

written by Meredith J. on April 24, 2002

Why did we have to meet at this moment
Two passing souls going their separate ways.
If I could stop to think about it
I could see you in my life for always

But I can't deny
That you're passing by
And I'll deny the pain
But it's all in vain.

So let's make love
And forget about tomorrow
I don't want to think about the day
You'll go away

Let's make love
And put away the sorrow
Just hold me tight
And keep the night at bay.

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I found this old, coffee-stained print out, slightly yellowed with age.

I'm definitely interested in collaborating with someone to see if we can turn this into an original track.

Anyone interested?

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