Tomorrow, Today
This phrase "tomorrow" I've heard and heard
Yet no one dares bother to manage the word
Thus, I try to imagine as day nears the reach
That love is a timeless and immortal breach ...
This phrase "tomorrow" that tenders your lips
Is meant to sink sanity, saviors ... and ships
For nothing of value and nothing that lasts
Is quite as unreachable, (save for the past)
I'm chasing that phantom, Tomorrow, today
I see its dark shadow but its face turns away
I'm chasing that phantom, Tomorrow, today
For when I get there
I'll drown my despair
And no longer care ...
That you said you'd love me tomorrow ... today
This phrase "tomorrow" that trembles the night
Will thieve "here and now" of its precious delight
For only this moment is worth our sweet breath
Each blessed inhalation, just one short of death
This phrase "tomorrow", you promised to me
Is as deep as the heavens, as black as the sea
But if not for you, I'm as empty as both ...
If not for you, I'm as gone as its ghost ...
I'm chasing that phantom, Tomorrow, today
I see its dark shadow but its face turns away
I'm chasing that phantom, Tomorrow, today
For when I get there
I'll drown my despair
And no longer care ...
That you said you'd love me tomorrow ... today
~ 1st Place ~ in the "Tomorrow" Poetry Contest, Edward Ibeh, Judge & Sponsor.
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