No Guaranteed Tomorrows

No Guaranteed Tomorrows

 

When tomorrow

Is not

Guaranteed

And our

Yesterdays are

All but gone

Then welcome

To today

My friend ..

Let us embrace

Them

One and all

Yes, every single

Bloomin one ..

Let us celebrate

And mark

The newness

Of now

The sheer and

The utter

Unexploredness

Of it …

Yes, let us do

Precisely that

While still

So very young  

And aching

To be found,

To be touched

That is ..

And so much more

Who knows ..

Today

In the good old

Here and now

Filled

To the very point

Of overflow

Where uncertainty

And awkward

Moments reign

Supreme, pristine

And unsullied

Waiting

To be taken

Like wild fruit ..

Enjoyed

But not forsaken

And to

Glisten in the sun

On the

Highest branches

Of those

Wax leafed trees ..

Now though,

You are so very gone

But yet ..

I still think of you

And often ..

Indeed, I thank thee

Too and truly,

Oh’ so very, very

Much

For all those

Yesterday’s we

Shared

For everything,

In fact

Despite there being

No guaranteed tomorrows ..

 

 

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

“Let us embrace
Them
One and all
Yes every single
Bloomin one ..
Let us celebrate”
I am celebrating with you and your glorious, uplifting, hopeful and grateful words here Neville. My 70th birthday is tomorrow and has been hitting me quite hard. Through your eyes I see it in a new and lovely way. I am truly thankful to you for this one, and it is one I will save to read and read again…

[Neville]

Cor blimey ma'am .. how absolutely bloomin delighted I am Annette to have you visit this my latest scribble .. and for you to be the first is awesome ...

I am honestly more than merely truly honoured .. thank you so much ..

... Oh' and happy birthday for tomorrow .. You have my full permission to have one helluva FAB day and then some ..
Peace, love and all the very best of All Good Things,

Neville :) xx

[Chris Shaw]

Please let me wish Annette a very happy birthday. Have a great day my friend.

Thank you Neville.

[Neville]

............. absolutely .. go for it, I am sure she will appreciate you calling :)

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Thank you both so much!:)))))))❤️

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Happy birthday dear Annette 💋 xxx

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Thanks to ALL of you!🤗

[Neville]

..................................... 🤗 x

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!!!!!! Thank You So Much My Friends!:))))))))

[Neville]

x 🤗 ...................................

[Shaly Laevulins]

amazing, beautiful, indescribable. A masterpiece

[Fay Slimm]

Yes there is only the Now and only can ever be where time stands still and allows a peep at its pristine opportunities - - a welcome celebration of the very moment and scribed with a smidgen of sad when past was shared the write has such great appeal Nev...........x

[Neville]

... thank you my dear friend .. appreciated no end :) ... x

[alanwgraham]

Superb Neville - a poem for our troubled times indeed. We are all navigating uncharted waters with uncertainty. Living for the moment is the best approach and getting the most from what we have. We have been fortunate so far with two lockdown grandsons we have been seeing. There is a touch of sadness near the end of your poem which is a reminder of the random cruelty of the pandemic.
Hope you are well yourself.
Cheers, Alan

[Neville]

.. thank you kindly my friend .. thank you so very much .. I am fine, just a niggle here and there :)

.. Neville

[Poetic Beauty]

We definitely show learn to embrace the now. It’s not easily done though is it

[Neville]

.. afraid not always .. but ya just gotta try don't ya ..
in the meantime, I thank you kindly :)

[Einstein Noodle]

oh i like it .. keeping it real Nev!
"The utter
Unexploredness" and
"Where uncertainty
And awkward
Moments reign" ... you words inspire me to appreciate the awkwardness and realize all the energy there is in them ... makes those moments exciting ...the turn from the "now" to an appreciation of memories surprised me ... makes this poem rather endearing to me ... holding precious that someone we all have had and lost in one way or another ... what a beautiful, philosophical/spiritual poem .. kept in the real by Neville ..right here at thee Cafe' ... blessed by it sir
E.

[Neville]

Thank you kindly and true my dear friend, your visiting my words is as ever more than merely welcome and always greatly appreciated ...

13.30 my time tilt ya glass t'ward the back of your neck and join me as previously invited to a synchronised cross Atlantic tipple :)

N:)

[Einstein Noodle]

a tipple dipple .. done dude! ;)

[Neville]

... a double tipple dipple dun me in :)

[lightsong]

Love love this one! filled with wisdom, addressing human emotions and the uneasiness in a gentle caring and healing way, and then it's filled with the needed hope. fine piece dearest Neville. I am all well my friend, be too You" 💕

[Neville]

Bless you lightsong so very much appreciated ... and so good to hear you are all well :)
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Bless you lightsong so very much appreciated ... and so good to hear you are all well :)

[John the Baptist]

The mind continually leaps from the past to the future, often to the negative aspects of both. But in truth, both of theses places are unreal. Only the now truly exists, and yet we seek to avoid it. In this way a lot of life is wasted.

[Neville]

......... absolutely .. and thanks from stopping by.
Neville

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree Neville. Today is here and we need to find something fun to do. I liked the logic in the worthwhile poetry and words shared. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Neville]

Great minds think alike & all that jazz ... thank you my friend for coming along for the ride ...

Neville

[Coyote Poetry]

Hello my friend and you are welcome.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Love this
Life is so fragile

[Neville]

You aint wrong .. but you is write ... Life is so fragile ..

[Serendipity1000]

This is beautiful and such a perfect reminder. Well done!

[Neville]

How very kind .. many thank you's indeed ma'am .. much appreciated and of course you are most welcome to visit my scribbles any time ..

Neville :)