On This Side of Then...

On this swift side of Then we do

The best with what we’ve got

Before the After spills its view

In whereabouts of thought

We cannot do a single thing

About tomorrow’s quest

Save, on this side of Then giving

The Now our utter-best

Then is a place we cannot touch

Save in imagination

But ever in our present-clutch

Now pleads its obligation

So, on this side of Then we dream

About Now’s sure fruition

Life’s awesome undertaking streams

In now-to-then ambition

Then ever will succeed the Now

Time’s monochrome unfolding

But, Then depends greatly on how

We use the Now we’re holding

© Janet Martin

Yesterday today was tomorrow. Its Then is Now. We can give tomorrow nothing but our Best Today!