*Image courtesy of Indiana Public Media
i am today
tomorrow’s yesterday
forever
but never
becoming whatever
i am whatever
tomorrow
unbecoming
today was
yesterday’s shadow
but never
becoming whatever
was
for yesterday
i became forever
but never
disentangled
the tether
to tomorrow
for yesterday
i was just today
contemplating
my effort
to become
forever
unable to sever
the vine
i am the vine
of time
thorny entangled
entwining
time line
and hedging bets
that time
will prove
better than yesterday
that just today
i was in my prime
but tomorrow
i will anchor
this vine
upon trunk
of whatever
tree outstretches
arms and branches
before forever
and climb whatever
time remains
until
i
become
today
yesterday
tomorrow
never knowing
where I end
again.