Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as “Never again”. Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
For tomorrow, we arm for our own type of war.
– modified heavily from obvious; also TIL that “nevermore” can also be interpreted as “never again”
Today is almost literally all that we ever have - the rest is a hope/prayer/wish/thought/fantasy that will only ever become another Today just like now.