Living For Tomorrow

Helplessly hoping and dreaming
Of a better day on the other side.
Optimism is now exhausted,
At my misery, even misery cried.

Bear it all, it’s nothing much,
I told myself again and again.
But now I see the bitter truth,
Is the wait worth the pain?

Still, I continue drudging along,
No other way to go.
Along the long road, self-reminding constantly,
I’m living for tomorrow.

Hope has long deserted me,
Faith is now just a lie.
But determination still survives
The test of time-it still won’t let me die.

For long is the road, and tough is the test,
Of patience and perseverance.
The light of hope, now forgotten,
The clouds of despair, always dense.

Still, I fight my way out,
Even though energy runs low.
Dragging along the weight in my mind,
I’m living for tomorrow.

The carefree days of laughter and joy,
Now gone, lost for all time.
Looking up at Heavens I wonder
At this so unjustified a rhyme.

‘Cause it’s now difficult to recall
All the innocent days of my life.
The only thing I now know
Are all these days of never-ending strife.

I still sometimes betray myself with hopes
Of a rising sun in a distant land- Though
Disheveled and heartbroken,
Yes, I’m living for tomorrow.

For my faith in myself is yet to die out,
Even though I have huge burdens to heave.
I still believe in that Inner Voice,
I still want to believe.

I know not where I am headed to:
To some far-off place from here?
The start forgotten, the end unknown,
And the way full of terror and fear.

Still, I tug at my feet and resume
A journey whose end I do not know.
Yet willed on by some unknown strength,
I’m living for tomorrow.

For life often takes, and seldom gives,
It tends to break those who do not bow.
Yet, I live on, searching my way,
I continue living for tomorrow.