Is today our tomorrow?
Because our tomorrow
may not come.
Is our “house” in order?
So we’re remembered
with a smile.
Are messages left
how we want them to be?
Are barriers removed
and bridges mended?
Are lies undone?
Or,
Do we still hold our “inventory”
for a repair in some tomorrow?
Forgetting that
Tomorrow
Is promised to
No one.
Sara Lazarus is a former nurse educator with JFK Medical Center in Edison. She is a member of Works in Progress, a writing group in Highland Park, and also enjoys acting with the Magic Mirror Players, a volunteer improv group working under the auspices of RWJ University Hospital Somerset. She is a recipient of the Middlesex County College Tri-State Writers’ Award.
