Tomorrow, Everyday

Tomorrow, Everyday

 I saw a little forest, I peeked inside,

Never thought it would be vast and wide.

It was full of uncertainties,

But it keeps calling me.

Not sure what I will encounter,

Is it worth it to take the path unsure?

Not sure on what's ahead,

Is it roses with thorns

Or a lemon with a sour end?

Whatever it will be,

If I don't take the mysterious journey,

Where is my place would be?

No clue on what's tomorrow,

Would it be excitement or sorrow?

I looked back and see,

The path was half-full glee,

Neither excitement or sorrow,

The only thing I can't paint is tomorrow.

Once I reached the end,

I realized the little forest was little indeed,

I picked up hydrangeas with me,

Then saw a larger forest behind the tree.

I looked back in the little forest, it was half-full glee,

Then I decided to embark another journey.

"Life is sure full of uncertainties", that is what I thought while writing the poem. Everyday we go on our journey to a little forests, it is cramped up inside, you get pricked by thorns, or you might get lost. That's how my everyday goes for me. It feels like everyday even going to school is a challenge that I must hike. Looking back to my childhood to elementary, the little forest that I'm currently wandering is not so little anymore. Every phases of tomorrow is like a forest labyrinth that I must conquer. 

I went to high school without knowing anything but on the way, I learned the way of things. Sometimes it was something I dissapprove. But as I was reaching the end of this little forest, I learned that it was just as it was, "the way of things", I learned to endure everyday and to cope everyday. However, it was even harder if there’s no beautiful and pleasant things like the "hydrangeas" that I picked up along the way. They're the good things that will forever live in the back of my mind. As much as it was a challenge, the little forest is as beautiful. The experiences during the hike is worthwhile, it is worth living in those very moment.

Soon, I'll discover an even bigger forests. There's still so much more to life that I'll venture. Everything was uncertain, that was the only certain thing that I know. But isn't the endless possibilities on what you will become gave you a thrill? And maybe a little bit of fear. I don't know. I'm not sure. 

-SomNam, 2024/10/01