Today Tomorrow Yesterday

It is gone and won’t come back- yesterday It is here now but won’t stay- today It may come as just another day-tomorrow We strive to outlast the now The familiar exist only in today and yesterday The future calls and is but a mystery Until it becomes today We aim to extend living And move past now We plan We hope We expect there will be another day When today becomes yesterday The dawn hails a new beginning Of promises or despair The outcome is never clear Until we can look back and stare At the day before that’s no longer there Today can linger The hours may drag The expectations for tomorrow Greater than the pleasures of now Promises galore exist in tomorrow It is regular and never late It cannot happen without yesterday And is guided by today