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 🤗 ...................................

[Chris Shaw]

Great title Neville. No Guaranteed Tomorrows. And yes, when you consider all the days you have lived in comparison to the number left, it does make you fink don't it? Make haste, don't waste each moment. Live in the now, not the future or the past. So uplifting are your words, I have an urge to kick my shoes off :) I like the idea that each new day is fresh. Pristine, unsullied, with no awkward moments. Fab description. Sounds so sparkly and inviting.

I like the way the poem ends too, reflecting back with thanks on all the days gone, all the time shared, appreciating the past without dwelling on it.

Fine writing methinks and you still get a bit of nature in those lines too.

Chris

[Neville]

well ya know what they say Chris .. you can beat an egg, but you cant beat a bit o nature .. thank you my friend for such a positively charged review note ..

Neville :)