Tomorrow

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

Notice I did not say might

And it is not that I sense tomorrow

Will be a dreaded plight.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

Of this I am very sure,

Stay with me a little while longer

And I’ll tell you more.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

So do not expect me to be,

If you are more fortunate than I am

You can wait around and see.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

This is a certain fact,

You are free to tell all you know;

Tell them I told you that.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

It is impossible to be,

By now surely you must be seeing

What I want you to see.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

But neither will you

So, whatever you have to do today

Please go ahead and do.

 

For neither you nor me

Will be alive tomorrow,

Tomorrow cannot bring for any

Either joy or sorrow.

 

 

Tomorrow is all it is:

Simply a term we use

To determine to tackle something

That today we refuse.

 

You won’t be alive tomorrow

And neither will I

But now that you understand me

None of us needs to cry.

 

I won’t be alive tomorrow

But I’m not unduly worried

For I won’t have to wait until tomorrow

To be finally buried.

 

Stewart Russell © September 27, 2024