today is the day

and then,
when he woke up,
he realized that
everything was about to change.
today was the day when
everything he had anticipated
would turn into something he no longer wished for
but everything he was.
no more time to play,
no more energy spent hoping, wishing, thinking...
the time was now,
the day was here.
and so,
he took the last relaxing puffs off his cigarette,
as his stomach growled
and he prepared for the rest of his life.