Yesterday is gone
deeds cannot be changed
and words have become like broken eggs.
today has come,
and it is your friend.
so do what you can,
and do what you will...
but tread carefully sir,
for tomorrow is a stranger
who will come after today,
and today will become yesterday
where it will be sad to say,
'yesterday has gone...
can I retrace my steps?
can I take back my words?'
then yesterday will be your enemy
just as today is your friend.
so tread carefully sir
for tomorrow is a stranger...
whether friend or foe,
you and I cannot today tell...

© Nkiru Njoku, June 17, 2003