The Delicacies of Now

trying to get my head around my weakness of the metaphor ...

let us eat mango 

so juice dribbles down our chin 

like a honeyed waterfall 

escaping the forever swallowed confines

lets laugh so hard 

the annihilation of our tears 

pelt down upon our bellies 

assailing us with coiled spasms

sidelining any form of speech

let us witness each sunrise and

gasp and chew our way into the backdrop of the eternal

which shall amply furnish our requirement to be 

stricken and struck in unison

by the screaming moment

let us get caught in the rain 

have our bodies embrace the every droplet 

of ‘giveaway’, ‘free for all’ refreshments

for all alive, alert and aware beings on earth

let us love ’til it hurts, then love some more

experience the full force of a an out of control train with no breaks 

the woosh of the wind and swoosh of the now unpackaged emotions

let us derail, watch as our bodies plummet through the air, crash, burn,

then, take a breath and come back in askance of more

let us make love 

real love, with real devotion 

where we are together stitched into the pulsating current 

in the bursting at gusset river of vitality that 

pushes ever so rhythmically towards the crescendo 

where we shall meet in person the final rapturous release 

ahhhh release, in the ocean of fervent frenzy 

before ripples in the waves return to calm

or

let us 

simply 

be in the 

now

Reviews

[Valentine]

To learn to live happily in the NOW with what ever God gives us seems like a winner for me. Valentine

[R Smith]

to be in the now, such a heaven on earth, this earth in which we live and love and get caught in that rain you desire so much, feeling that freshness and to love so much we lose control of it, as a trainwreck steaming into dark nights with bright light of our love, until your glorious final stanza of love making to the height of passion and back! But live in the now comes as an end, just be here now, wonderful as always Elizabeth XX love ya lots XX

[Philip Muls]

You capture well what we all wish for, which is to appreciate the greatness of the present moment. But it is so difficult.

It is beautiful how you describe with enthusiasm 'Let us...'. And the ending summarizes it all. Simply be in the now. But if it would be simple we would all do it right. The past and the future are much more present than the present in my case...

Well done.