What shows
how little
we know?
What can be is
oft far less than
what we expect.
What is now
has never been
what it was.
07/25/2024 j.g.l.
Mysterious night surrenders
to gentle morning, a shade later
that it has in the recent past.
What was it yesterday
that tomorrow promised
today?
Wasn’t it a better day?
Didn’t I need to hear it then?
Even now I question.
Early now. Collateral damage of
misspent time and yesterday’s ways
still echo, and will
in the days ahead.
What will reveal itself as full
sunlight beckons?
Certainly today there will be
more questions, with answers
arriving later than tomorrow.
10/20/2023 j.g.l.