The Daily Poem

NO TOMORROW

The ceiling fan is spinning down

It's temporary airy sound.

There's nothing true that I can borrow;

Today's today there's no tomorrow.

My love's asleep beside me here,

Her quiet breathing, Time's frontier, 

A steady speeding golden arrow;

Today's today there's no tomorrow.

I'm covered by these crimson sheets,

I feel my heart's insistent beats,

My blood the gift of bone and marrow;

Today's today there's no tomorrow

The sky is clear, the air is thin,

The mind it's play begins again.

It's time to climb Mount Kilimanjaro;

Today's today there's no tomorrow.

~ D. Edgar Lamp (Kyrielle)