Today Before Yesterday
I am a rare case where today comes before yesterday. What am I?
A dictionary
Soldiers Line Up Spaced With Pride
Soldiers line up, spaced with pride,
Two long rows lined side by side,
One sole unit can decide,
If the rows will unite or divide.
What am I?
A zipper.
Twice in Eternity
I occur twice in eternity,
And I’m always within sight.
What am I?
The letter ‘t’.
All Like Me Would Now Retire
I work hard most every day,
Not much time to dance and play,
If I could reach what I desire,
All like me would now retire.
What am I?
A doctor. They work hard to eradicate illness, but if they ever succeeded, they would no longer be needed. Hey, that even rhymed!
Can Only Be Given, Not Taken Or Bought
It may only be given,
Not taken or bought,
What the sinner desires,
But the saint does not.
Forgiveness.
Marble Walls White as Milk
In the marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple does appear.
No doors are there to this stronghold
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
An egg or egg yolk. This is a variation of A Box Without Hinges.
I Am And Yet Cannot
I am and yet cannot,
I’m an idea, yet can rot,
I’m two but none,
On land but on sea.
What am I?
A paradox / pair of docks.