Tomorrow, I Will

By Faith Gonia

Tomorrow, I will rise 

Before the sun makes light

I will get to school too early

Cutting short the night

Tomorrow, I will stay for lunch

Even though I have no sixth

Scared of time, I will linger

Utterly affixed

Tomorrow, I will tell you

That I wish the day went slower

Forever, I will dwell over

How I hate getting older

I will spend tomorrow thinking about today, and the day before

And how I rarely feel like I did freshman year, anymore

Tomorrow, I will look 

At a photo, three years dated

In her sunken eyes

For tomorrow, lies a hatred

Today, I view tomorrow 

With a love dear and true

I can no longer understand her

She has become someone I outgrew

A bittersweetness tomorrow brings

Finally out of the woods

I no longer dread tomorrow

But I would stay here forever if I could

I will laugh, and smile, and lose myself in the joy of tomorrow’s day

Tomorrow, I will wish that it did not mean the end of today