Until Tomorrow

When I grew up, we went to school

Tried each day to follow the rules

We did our best to live life right

So we could rest our little heads at night

 

We’d wake each morning to a brand-new day

Having no idea what would come our way

Teacher would close with some instructions to follow

And then she’d say “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you then

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you friend

Sometimes life makes pills too hard to swallow

So we’d have to say “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

Growing up we made some friends

Time flew by, we wished it would never end

We played some music and some videogames

Joke with each other about who was cool or lame

 

Then mom would show up and say “It’s time to go”

“Get in the car, we need to get on down the road”

Time seemed infinite; we didn’t know it was borrowed

So we’d say “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you then

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you friend

Sometimes life makes pills too hard to swallow

So we’d have to say “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

Growing up she did her best to raise us right

When we were kids, she’d tuck us in at night

She’d wake us up and then take us to school

Trying to instill values, telling us to follow the rules

 

Years later I got the call “you might want to come home”

“I hate to be the one to tell you but your mom’s already gone”

It all happened so sudden in the middle of the night

… She never had the chance to say “Goodbye”

 

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you then

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll see you friend

Sometimes life makes pills too hard to swallow

So I looked up and said “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

You never know who will be next to go

There are a lot of surprises coming down the road

So try to never end your day with a fight

Tell people you love them before you say “Good night”

 

One of these days an angel will guide us home

Unfortunately, in heaven there isn’t a phone

Looking down to Earth we’ll see loved ones in sorrow

Hopefully we had the chance to say “Goodbye, Until Tomorrow”

 

Yeah, hopefully we had the chance to say…

“Goodbye… Until Tomorrow”

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this poem more in a style like a song. It's about how we take having tomorrow for granted. None of us are guaranteed tomorrow. This is a mixture of grief of the loss of my mom, contemplating how we take tomorrow as a given, a suggestion to cherish the time while you have it, and a mixture of my beliefs.