Now is the point of now.

This Morning's Rain

Waking from the dream
Pitter-patter sounds of
falling water
drift into my ears
Unexpected grey
blankets the morning sky
Today is here
like always
Now
is the time
It always is

where is the future

it is no place we can go

always here and now

Monarchs

Only here
Only now
Do not forget
It is too easy
to do so
We are here
We are now
This is fleeting
This is life
These moments
like monarchs
in migration
Watch their
wings and
wonder
when
it will
all come
to pass
again

only present

river waters rushing past
origin and destination lie out of view
only now 

states

Time is
Time was
Time present
Time past
Time future
Too much or
Not enough
Never enough
Present now
Uncertain future
Present now
Here and
Now and
Here and

Present

Waiting
Breathing
Listening
Thinking
Relearning
patience
Breathing
Quieting
oneself
Present
Present
Now

Between Now and Eternity

The space between now and eternity
Can best be measured as the length
Of an ordinary human life. I am here.

This cannot last. This will not last.
Illusion of endless time aided by a life
Of comfort free from primal hardship.

See beyond the ordinary. Laugh at
This expression of the mundane
Passed off as profound wisdom.

The ordinary will keep you from
Searching. It will bind you to the
Chair from which you are reading this.

How we react to the tension between
Extremes will define us.

Monument to Now

This life
What other life is there
This time
What other time is there

Moving in silence as though
sound were a thing to be ashamed of

Summers of endless heat
Winters of endless cold
Springs of waking
Falls of fading life

There can only ever be
this moment

Hear these words
out loud
or spoken in your mind

This moment
is what matters most

Eternally now

Now

Here

You

Me

Us

Now

Only

Now

And here

And now
And when
And if
And maybe
And possibility
And probability
And unlikeliness
And love
And fleetingness
And impermanence
And permanence
And illusion
And perspective
And wisdom
And laughter
And tears
And warmth
And coldness
And time
And passing
And knowing
And knowing
And realizing
And seeing
And it
And being
And ok
And it's
        ok

Incarnation

Begin and end-

Simple enough to say.


End and begin-

Being and beginning


How many lives

are we destined for

on this world?


If I were not human

I would wish to be

a young sapling

growing steadily

in the ground.


I would relish the sun

and caresses of the wind.


I would drink thirstily

from my roots and

grow until I could

provide shade

beneathe my branches.


Music reaches my ears

as my hand rests upon my chin.

I think of something and

then nothing at all.

A Call to Action

I am Here 

and it is

               Now.


This is the only fact

that matters.


You are Here

and it is

              Now.

Act.

For Now

I woke up and realized
everything is not as it should be.

I asked myself "When have things
been as they should?"

Perhaps the warm pancakes
at the diner a city over,

but that doesn't really count.

Everything could be
as it is meant to be, though,

our hearts may feel otherwise.

finding now

I don't obsess about the past
the way I used to.
From time to time I think
of the things
I held dear
and those I still do.
The sharp pain is now
a dull ache that occasionally
marks the weather.
Things are fine.
They could be worse,
they have been-
let's not talk about that,
let's find now.

Soon

How soon is now?

How soon is forever?


Don't tell me soon.

Don't tell me why.

Lie to me again,

it's all I need from you. 


How soon is now? 

How soon is forever? 

Soon enough, 

soon enough you said.