the is-ness of it all

There is something here.

Here within this ever-present moment.

Here in the space
-between-
our heartbeats.

The very is-ness of the present
reminds me of its impermanence
-of my own personal transience-

his lips upon my neck
my mother's arms while I cry
sun spots shinging through the hazy winter sky.

I'm reminded to forget the world,
and notice life.

Curl my toes into the soil
and breathe.

I'm reminded that there are still
all these moments
inside of me.

Reviews

[Nicholas Hallows]

Ohh... I like this.
I love the concept of the moment between heartbeats. Makes me think of the Buck 65 lyric 'In a moment between heartbeats I'll set fire to the sky'
We all have so many moments left inside us to be lived.
I also enjoyed the selective rhyme just in the right places.
Nice work!
NH

[Wildfleour]

Kara - This poem resonates deeply with me. One day I will have to share with you a piece I wrote about "the space in-between".

[Rick Puetter]

Nice poem.

My favorite "couplet" is "Curl my toes into the soil / and breathe." Coming after "I'm reminded to forget the world, / and notice life", the effect is just dynamite.

The whole effect of the poem is to slow you down. To examine the spaces between the heart beats, and to focus inwardly. There really "...is something here". Thanks for reminding us. Let's all count some heart beats and breathe, taking in the moments.

Nice job. I feel better now.

Best regards,

Rick

[Chad Wesley Allbrett]

Yeah!

[PianoandPage]

simple and calm. a nice read. the ending "there ARE still" rather thatn "there IS still". aside from that it read flawlessly.

[Melanie Jane Boicourt S..]

Beautiful. Be in the moment now. Love All, Mejasha

[Father Mojo]

the tao of being alive--i like this poem. it reminds me of the last line in chapter 45 of the tao te ching (my translation, of course): "If you can remain quiet and tranquil you can become the ruler of the world."

[Dressed in Poetry]

I love the stanza:

"Here in the space
-between-
our heartbeats."

It's neat the way you put the word "between" between the lines. It's great.

I like the subject of this as well. The title jumped out at me, and the subject kept me interested. Nice job.

[Le' Pugh']

"I'm reminded to forget the world,
and notice life."

The flowers, the trees, the honey! What an inspiration to wake up and see the beauty in what we've been blessed with.

I really love this... Bear

[Taja B.]

I really enjoyed this poem. This is a very positive poem with a good message. It, with beautiful imagery (in my interpretation) basically expresses depsite of the world's problems and hardships, you should still live life and enjoy the beauty of it.

Nice job. I thought it was well written, and uplifting to read.:)