Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
I said to my friend,
"See her leaning over his arm?
Yesterday she leaned over my arm."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will lean over mine."
And I said,
"See her sitting at his side;
And yesterday she sat at my side."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will sit at mine."
And I said,
"Don’t you see her drinking from his Cup?
And yesterday she sipped from mine."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will drink from mine."
And I said,
"Look how she glances at him with eyes full of love!
And with just such love, yesterday she glanced at me."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will glance at me likewise."
And I said,
"Listen to her whispering songs of love in his ear.
And yesterday she whispered the same songs in mine."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will whisper them in mine."
And I said,
"Look at her embracing him; and yesterday she embraced me."
And he said:
"Tomorrow she will lie in my arms."
And I said,
"What a strange woman she is!"
And he said:
"She is Life."
