Living it up-Living it down

For Country Mom's contest challenge

Living it up-Living it down

Today I'm in the process
of "living down" the past
of pleasures for a season
that were not meant to last.
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What once had made it easy
to "live it up" each day
has now become the reason
that I no longer play.
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Living out the glory years
was blinding in its quest
to make the least important
appear to be the best.
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But since I found that pleasure
was never meant to last
I "live it up" each morning
in "living down" the past.