The Eve of Tomorrow

On the eve of tomorrow, I will live for today

Trading the sorrows I bore yesterday.

On the ledge of forever, forgetting the fear

I will cast off each burden I’ve collected this year.

In the twilight of what has been, I’ll see what could be

As I step on to the promise that’s waiting for me.

On the eve of tomorrow, I know only too well

That the pathway to Heaven often leads close to Hell,

And each step toward the future may seem further from home

But with constant reminders that I’m never alone.

So tonight as the sun sets and fades on away,

I will choose to remember the things that will stay-

The cherished and unbroken, the tried and the true

The love that has changed me and carried me through.

For tomorrow is calling and it must be embraced

So I have to keep running and finish this race.

When the sun rises tomorrow, may I not be found here -

Staring back at the ashes and still gathering tears

Rather, may I be changing and moving - as day follows day

Living out in tomorrow lessons learned yesterday.

Tomorrow’s eve is upon us - a chapter closing once more

Let the past go it’s own way, for the dawn’s at the door!

So goodbye to the days gone - goodbye and farewell

All the lessons you’ve taught me…well, tomorrow will tell. - A.L.B.