No Time Like the Present

For my daughter Amber Nicole.........

Call for the most fitting to love you
not one who whispers
in the garden of the sun
to bring showers of night
until day comes no more.
Come as a woman whose days
are filled with perspective
and dreams of golden skies
to quench her thirst
evermore.

If you must go into the forest
where you may not know
who sits and waits to chase the sun
always wait a minute
to see if they are weary.
As whoever does not know
how to listen
for the clearest voice
that calls to begin the race
is the one who meets
all fury.

Sometimes you will hold all you thought lost
when you walk off
into the distance
with your heart beating
as if it has become boxed in.
Always remember
you have more than one night
to find what you think lost
so please do not cry
for what sleeps
within.

Outside of your window
there rages a fire
that is deeply satisfying
if you will open your door
you will no longer remember
your greatest disappointment.
Always call out to where there exists
all that you can find
inside of balance,
no time like the
present.

Author's Note

Artist: Laura Schiff Bean

Reviews

[rivers]

Reading your writing "always" brings some greater level of understanding to thoughts I did not realize I did not understand. The more eloquent and delicate the truthfulness you share, the more transparent and easy it seems to be to find your meanings...You certainly have gifts beyond all reason...To say this is beautiful falls short of the mark...Simply, thank you...

[Ed Hart]

you have said this masterfully, and i know that your wisdom was purchased dearly...i do hope she can see it

[fireblossom]

Wonderful. Nurturing.

[dillonjensen]

Great poem! Well written and very diversified in the thinking it brought to me. Probably was not your intention or maybe it was, but I think of regret when I read this. The last lines kind of led me to believe that. Also, made me think of change, that it's truly never too late to change something as long as you have breath in your lungs. Nice job.

[Revolutionary]

This poem makes me think of the burden women bare.How the household and all who dwell in it become a reflection on the wife and mother and you begin to carry around the disappointments of all those who rely on you and then suddenly you realize that all those disappointments are stepping stones to the real prize.Life!You made me cry.Stop it.

[unknown]

Love this part "Outside of your window
there rages a fire
that is deeply satisfying
if you will open your door
you will no longer remember
your greatest disappointment"

Sometimes it is hard to see beyond the disappointment, but if only we will project our minds into something greater within hope and faith we can get pass any disappointment.

[Crystal Marie Dreier]

This is soo beautiful!

[Tarry Franck]

So moving!!!

[MOON]

Love the title , no time like the present , what sage advice . the first stanza is so moving , listen be cautious remeber who you are. Beautiful.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the story and the logic of the ending. Sometime we must find a place to think and ponder life and go forward with a life.Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote