Tomorrow

The near future
Where we hold all our dreams
Plans
For what might be
For some of us
Tomorrow
Will never come
All our dreams
And plans
Laid waste
To be packed up
And placed in the casket
With us
Why do we waste such
Valuable time
Time that we could enjoy today with
Today
What of today
We’ve made no plans for today
All our energy
Taken up with tomorrow
How foolish we are
Walking blindly along
Not paying attention
That the years are being peeled away
Like one takes the layers off an onion
Layer upon layer
Until just the inner core is left
Will we have the energy
And the health to fulfill
Those plans and dreams
Doubt it
Yet our entire life has been
So swallowed up in tomorrow
A day that just always seems out of our grasp
But we continue reaching out
Trying to pull into us
That which may never be ours
Enjoy today
For tomorrow
Was never promised to us
It was never promised to us

Gail Adams
May 28/11