Endless Tomorrows

BY SCOTT NOONKESTER

Endless Tomorrows,
Where have you gone?

Let’s keep dancing like you promised would never be done.

I have awoken,
You’re no longer there.

Endless Tomorrows
I miss you,
I grieve for you so.

You helped me ignore my fears
because you said tomorrow will always be near.

I have awoken from the illusion
and I grieve for your return,
but no,
you were never really here.

Endless Tomorrows
you let me go.

I see my fears now that you helped me get through,
because
Endless Tomorrows,
you were always true.

Endless Tomorrows,
I loved you so.

The pain of today replaces my fears,
because
Endless Tomorrows
you’re all I’ve ever known.

Endless Tomorrows
I danced with you,
but it was only
Ego & Fear
wearing your mask
in my belief that it was actually you.

I have danced with Ego & Fear
I didn’t know they cut in.

Endless Tomorrows
you were always there
to hide my fears
with the illusion
of the never-ending dance.

Fear & Ego
you cut in to dance,
sneaking in.
Never did you ask,

then I finally hear you say,

“Masquerade”

as you both finally remove
your
Endless Tomorrows
masks.

Scott Nookester is a kind man relearning how to be in the present. He is a hard worker, who is learning to be soft with his edges. He is a man learning to dance with the new.