Tomorrow never comes
Today never ends; yesterday never was
I eagerly await tomorrow and stare impatiently at the clock hung high on my wall. It’s emotionless, moving through the same motions it always has since it begun going round. Today, for whatever reason, I am focused on the minute hand; anxiously keeping track of its every movement, tracking the inches it moves compared to the ever-moving second hand, always appearing to be left behind yet somehow still always on time. With every passing minute, I realize each minute is entirely unique, dissimilar to any minute that has ever existed before it, to any minute that will ever exist after it; existing only to be part of something greater - an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year, a decade, a century.
I eagerly await tomorrow because today has been a cruel friend full of harsh love and mean affection, guiding me to the right paths by walking me through the wrong ones, hoping that I get a glimpse of what I should never seek to feel again. Today has been an affectionate foe, driving me to the edge of insanity but not pushing me off the cliff, holding me down under the ocean of anguish but pulling me out before I drown, strangling me with woeful thoughts but loosening his grip just as I am about to pass out. Today has been a forgotten love whose lips I can’t remember how they used to feel like but for some reason, their warmth is still there; whose words are a distant memory but they have never left my heart; whose songs I used to know every word, but now I just remember how they made me feel.
I eagerly await tomorrow, being kept company by the sounds around me. Sounds like the ticking of the clock, each second passing by, arms wide open, embracing death; the rain gently splatters on the roof, afraid to be noticed - tears from the shy heavens. My heart beats tiredly, exhausted of the burden it has carried so far, waiting to be relieved, to be allowed to rest to be allowed to finally have a sit, having made it home after such a long and dreadful journey maybe even have a cup of tea, listen to a slow song in the background and slowly fall into a peaceful slumber.
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