Tomorrow Will Be Better

Tomorrow won’t be like today,

when everything was

sharp and cold,

biting and cutting,

a million little needles performing

embroidery on tapestries of 

our skin.

 

Tomorrow will be better.

 

Tomorrow we won’t be

standing on the edge

of the world with the wind

cutting through

our faces, teetering over

the cliff, tethered only by a faint string

of belief, the belief that

 

tomorrow will be a better day.

 

Tomorrow we’ll stand in the

sun, and we won’t think about how

our skin is burning. We’ll eat

frosted cupcakes and drink

the sweetest lemonade.

We’ll smile and mean it. We’ll be 

reassured,

knowing that

 

tomorrow will be better,

 

and if not then,

the tomorrow after that will be better,

 

and if not, then the next tomorrow,

and the next tomorrow,

and the next

 

Writer – Amy Zuo
Editor – Ally Chu
Artist – Sophia Pu

–August 2025–