To Tomorrow

Today I made a promise to someone special

They are my everything, my love, my compassion, and my hope

Today I made a promise.

I made a promise to keep yesterday’s promise.

Yesterday I made a promise to somebody else

They are my strength, my laughter and my joy.
 

Tomorrow I will make another promise,

A promise to keep all others.

I don’t know if I can keep the promise

Weighing me down like Atlas carrying the world

Chipping at me each and every day

Non stopping

Never ending, always a little harder each day.

Today I will make a promise.

Just like every other promise, with Death lurking over my shoulder.  

Today I made a promise to myself.

Telling him everything will be alright, everything will be fine, everything will be what you dream.

I told him again and again that tomorrow will be better.

Each day is a struggle though

Breaking point seeming so close.

Tick tock tick tock

When will it end?

I can’t keep today’s promise.

I will try again tomorrow.

A promise I will always keep trying, a promise to tomorrow.