If Tomorrow Never Comes - Norma Cornett Marek

Thought I’d post something before going to bed and I can’t stop thinking of this poem. Remember this was how I got to your blog, and did some ‘digging’ into your life? I was even more surprised when you actually posted it up to your blog and you ended it with this ‘I recently met someone who has a whole lot in common with me, where a slight inclination to poetry is one of them. It's not every day that I meet people with the slightest bit of common ground with me and this is indeed a novelty.’

Well, we barely knew each other then, and you had only been on my Facebook for a week or so. Then again, for someone who is so full of herself, she’d read it as ‘He likes me’, but of course the thought was quickly brushed aside. Well, I think everyone likes me all the time (until they get to know me!)

I am glad that I shared this with you, it brought me to your blog, gave me an insight to your life, to the poems that you wrote for me (though I understood nada then – big and deep words for one like me), and above all, I knew you trusted me. You could just see me, somehow, behind all those craziness and funny stuffs. Oh, do you know that I was freaking mad at you when you wanted to delete YOUR blog? Like NOOO!!! Of course, who was I then to tell you not to delete YOUR blog; you were a stubborn mad cow. Anyway, here we go.

 

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,

I would tuck you in more tightly, and pray the Lord your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you walk out the door,

I would give you a hug and kiss, and call you back for just one more.

 

 If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,

I would tape each word and action, and play them back throughout my days

If I knew it would be the last time, I would spare an extra minute or two,

To stop and say "I love you," instead of assuming you know I do.

 

So just in case tomorrow never comes, and today is all I get,

I'd like to say how much I love you, and I hope we never will forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,

And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

 

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day

That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,

And you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

 

 So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear,

That you love them very much, and you'll always hold them dear.

Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "thank you" or "it's okay".

And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today.

 

I love you, sweetheart.