A letter to Tomorrow

I see a shadow

Shadow of tomorrow

Do you know how it looks?

Scary.

The way you are nearing me

Really scary.

As everything that I wanted and protected

Starts to collapse..

Do you know how hard I tried

And treasured them all?

I screamed a thousand times,

I dripped every single drop of my blood,

I tried as hard as I could,

I even survived in a house

Filled with fire flames.

Why? why? why!?

Can't you see how see how i'm suffering?

Can't you see?

Your shadow itself is just killing me..

How you make me remember

Those ridiculous yet sensible thoughts

Which is tearing my heart

As I try hard not to let it go apart.

Ah! I can hear a voice,

voice of tomorrow

Do you know how it sounds?

Unpleasant.

Why..? why..? why.. !?

Will I only bring shame

To those who loves me?

To those who think i'm only worth

For competitions and commercials?

No! Stop! I don't want the truth..

I was always prepared to meet you

And always made you happy

Still why..? 

Even if you near me...

I plead you not to touch me,

Please... Please... Please...

 

Reviews

[Sapientiam]

What tomorrow may bring can be a terrifying thing, especially if the present hasn't bring much hope. I love how you personified "tomorrow" as a shadow, always following but never touching, remaining intangible. One of my favorite parts were in the beginning where you wrote:

"Do you know how it looks?
Scary.
The way you are nearing me
Really scary."

It really understates how the speaker perceives this fear and brings some human, colloquial language to the poem. The progressive fear that starts to control the speaker's mind conveys the reality of a broken world, filled with apprehension of what another day could bring. A fear many people have...

Wonderful work, Violet chan!

[Violet Chan]

Thank you very much, S ! Glad you liked it.