I'm told to live my life like There's no tomorrow But truly There has to be a better way For if the morrow never comes And it's my last breath I breathe today How will I know to appreciate it For won't I be too enthralled, too focused, too busy with Living As much as I can, as hard as I can, as fast as I can Before the day's end and the morrow that may never come To simply catch my breath and just Breathe Slow and steady In and out Filling my lungs Feeling my lungs Expand and Contract And listen to the fresh-filled blood pounding in the ears Echoes of the patient heart Sounding throughout the rest of today and in To the morrow and beyond Forever
metaphorical poetry
Whither Comes the Light?
whither comes the light alas, what matters the source while soon comes the night
In a Field Left Fallow
In a field depleted and left a fallow
Where only single crops have e’er grown
‘Twill sundry bloom soon rich, tho’ callow
When by Nature’s hand the seeds are sown
Time Doesn’t Matter
time doesn’t matter
to the purposed honey bee
tasting the nectar
Proverbs and a Poem
How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22, New Living Translation
O, but the mockers’ cry
Makes my heart afraid,
As though a flute of bone
Taken from a heron’s thigh,
A heron crazed by the moon,
Were cleverly, softly played
From The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
When Winds Turn Afoul
when winds turn afoul
when clouds amass in anger
when gloom turns the day
veer not from thy righteous path
lift thy chin and stay the way
#notetoself
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Seize Hard the Moment
Seize hard the moment
Right now before it passes by
Seize it with all your might
With all your purpose
And don’t question why
Or wonder where it’s been
Or wonder where it’s going
Or wonder anything at all
Just hold on to it
And don’t let go
As it forever evolves
And leads you astray
To the exact where you need to be
To the exact why you need to be
#notetoself
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