When Tomorrow Comes Today

I know this sounds like nonsense

But we do it everyday

Whenever we worry about tomorrow

And live it out today.

 

This practice is a classical case

Of tomorrow coming today,

It’s when we attempt the impossible

And for most it is the normal way.

 

In Matthew 6 and verse 34

We must take no thought of tomorrow,

We certainly cannot live it today

Neither from it can we borrow.

 

But in spite of this impossibility,

We still worry about tomorrow a lot

Figuring we can live out tomorrow

In the present time we’ve got.

 

Understand that the title of this poem

Cannot be not a physical reality

Albeit, even while you are reading now

You are trying unsuccessfully.

 

There are enough problems today

That we have to grapple with,

Sufficient is the evil of this day

If you are understanding my drift.

 

When tomorrow comes today

That will be the end of all time,

This is the consummation of all things

And it should occupy our minds.

 

There are no days in eternity

Eternity is different from time,

Days and years only came into being

When God created the timeline.

 

 

There are seven days in every week

Each one with its specific name,

They always come in their set order

And that we can never change.

 

Thus, it is only in one’s mind

When tomorrow comes today,

And, in our minds we regularly do it

Even though you say, “No way.”

 

We all worry about tomorrow

Far more than we do today,

We do the same for next week and next month

And for some, that may go to next year.

 

Yes, we keep on drawing up tomorrow

And making it today’s issue

And the funny thing about all of this is,

Tomorrow never comes for true.

 

Stewart Russell © February 16, 2021