Moments
I broke bread with you and listened more than talked
simple but honest conversation about the path you have walked
the litmus test applied truth is we all have things to hide
what is this this thing called life that we know so little about
and understand even less we are forced to confide
that’s how we all learn builds character you say
to fall get up dust ourselves off only to do it all over again we don’t seem to know any other way
our progress impeded by generations of breeding
the habit of years so hard to break we bow conceding
look at the face in the mirror an image by design
it looks back you noah nuthin’ so to our fate we are resigned
God help us we are truly pitiful creatures
making our way the very best we can
but it’s not enough, not even close
our life but a vapor washed away by the last wave on the sand
this is for those the few who can be honest enough
no more reciting the famous quotes from afar
telling us to accept just the way we are
we are shaped by our beliefs and I believe in a better way
learning by remembrance and not by the presumed only way
it is therefore in this moment that I begin to discern
one not rehearsed planned orchestrated or scripted
maybe with a friend or in solitude just you and your creator communion unpredicted
maybe a drizzle dropping droplets of liquid sunshine everything so alive
brilliant green colors effulgent images of irelands countryside
the sky and its colors pastels pinks blues and grays
or splashes of radiant reds and yellows white and dark gray cast in bold display
hummers play capture the flag around their feeders while bats dip and dive to a sonar symphony searching their prey
over head I watch as a bird it does fly effortlessly wings outspread catching updrafts and soaring now a dot in the sky
an idyllic evening with flowers fragrances and fall emboldened by a delightful coolness and soft breeze
the heat and toil of the day bowing to this seminal display a joyous moment for all creatures to sieze
the evening cast its shadows sculpted by moons glow
special moments life’s sweetnesses a lingering fragrance in your soul
not recognized when it first comes only after its departure
like angels unaware carried by the spirit a requiem to capture
defining moments
‘what lies before us and what lies behind us are little matters compared to what lies within us’
‘life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breaths away’
‘don’t let your past steal your present’
‘we don’t remember days we remember the moment’
SIEZE THE MOMENT