Tomorrow, the Day After Today

There were days, I tell you, many years past

when I had nothing to do and no where to go.

I figured if I held on, I would get through this

bleak and persistent funk. And, I was proven

right, eventually. Time passes, things change

whether you agree with it or not. What’s next?

Who in this world can say? Today, tomorrow,

one day things will change. And you will look

back...no you won’t...the hell with that. Today

was tomorrow yesterday. And then those days,

months and years after that. The AA philosophy

of One Day at a Time always applies. Today,

after all these years, old age, the TV tuned to

MSNBC, the recliner where I am seated, one

dog sleeping in the chair, one curled up between

my legs. Nothing to do and no where to go.

Seems I have lived this life before. Tomorrow,

indeed as it always has, tomorrow promises

change. Unless I’m reliving that Last Day of

Pompeii. For inhabitants of those days, and for

nearly two thousand years thereafter, not much

has changed.

Chris Hanch 7-7-18