unfinished poem #5

[cattongue]

how can I see
what will be tomorrow
today
how can I know
what to do today
for tomorrow
if I can’t see tomorrow
for today
stuck in this place
I can’t see
what will be tomorrow
today

I knew a girl
she said she knew
how did she know
she didn’t say
she said she’d be forever
then she died
if she really knew
then did she lie
she said she’d never leave me
she said she’d live a whole life
I guess she did
things she couldn’t have known
she did

why do I know
nothing
why do I see
nothing
why do I do
nothing

maybe tomorrow I’ll go
maybe tomorrow I’ll do
maybe tomorrow I’ll see

why am I so
terrified
why am I so
paralyzed

why can’t I know
why can’t I see
like she could