Gershon Wolf Poet Free verse

Today, Tonight and Tomorrow

Today I live comfortably, peaceably
   Tonight a hurricane washes ashore
Tomorrow I am homeless, secure no more...

Today I have a challenging job and work
   for someone I greatly respect and admire
Tomorrow morning, the company goes belly up
   I'm out on the street, carrying a sign
         'Day Laborer for Hire...'

Today my country is flourishing, the economy humming
   Tonight we are attacked by a nuclear superpower
Tomorrow death and destruction everywhere
   In every crack and crevice, like rodents, we all cower

Why does man pray?  Who does he pray to?
   Insecurity pumps to and from his heart like crazy 
He stands naked before his Maker, every sinew and artery exposed
   Beseeching the Almighty for Mercy, eyes and heart wide-open now

His purpose no longer hazy --- energetic! ~ Long vanquished is lazy!

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Kurt Ravidas April 22, 2019 at 2:46 PM God works in mysterious ways. It was possible, you played a role of mother cat for your wife. Or she did it for you) Gershon Wolf April 22, 2019 at 2:53 PM You've nailed it again! ~ Me-ow.

Kurt Ravidas April 21, 2019 at 12:56 PM That's what I heard: the house is on fire; everyone runs around crazy; only a kitten under the sofa doesn't really care; he knows, if shiet happens, his mom to come to take him away. Nice poem, Wolf. It made me reminisce) Gershon Wolf April 21, 2019 at 11:21 PM Glad you liked it,...and I can just imagine... (My wife is from Ukraine... Everything changed drastically for her, life turned upside down, when she came here). Best wishes, Gershon

Tom Cunningham April 19, 2019 at 4:19 PM We just don't know what tomorrow will bring, we live in hope though. Gershon Wolf April 19, 2019 at 6:13 PM Oh, exactly. We are hopeful---as we tremble deep within. Man's lot is uncertainty. Three cheers for hope! :) gw

Caren Krutsinger April 19, 2019 at 2:20 AM The swiftness of "riches" to "ruin" is unbelievable, yet, so unbearably likely in so many cases, unless you have the "assurance of being paid for life" like senators and congressmen. Nicely done! Gershon Wolf April 19, 2019 at 3:20 PM Of course, they could always lose the next election... :) gw