"The Day After Tomorrow" by Angela Sifuentes

tomorrow 
maybe that’s when i’ll see you 
i’ll see your wondrous eyes 
i’ll see your golden smile 
​
but at this time it feels like 
i’m stuck in a day with no end 
every day i remind myself 
that i’m one day closer to seeing you 

it’s what i’ve told myself yesterday 
and it’s what i told myself today 
​
yet today has exasperated my emotions
into a continuous stream of indestructible ice
flowing in lava 
it’s stripped my feet and forced me to walk on fire 
​
but i always try to have hope 
for what will come at the end of this 
one month 
twenty-nine days 
five hours 
for the truth to be revealed 
​
and then 
will i be adorned by your wondrous eyes
​and your golden smile 
you will bring the life to me 
and my heart will be whole 

and then 
will i be decorated by your love 
as you shower me in what you carry 
​
however, until then 
will i be waiting 
and waiting 
for tomorrow to come 
and the days to go by

i’ll wake up in a series of neverending tomorrows
​to find the hope of what comes after 
but as i find myself in this day 
I’ll want nothing more 
but to see you again 
the day after tomorrow

---

Angela Sifuentes is a sixteen-year-old high school student based in Los Angeles, CA.