Now

Let us hold this occasion in our courageous hands
without criticizing our cuticles.
Let us hold this breath in our bellies
and pracitce not being afraid
of setting it free.

Whatever came before this morning
before this moment
before this breath
is not the now we are looking for.

Let’s make a cup of tea.
We will go ahead and use the good tea from the pretty tin.
Now is the special occation
We will make the good tea in our most precious mugs.
the ones that have to be washed with our hands
(the hands with the cuticles we are not going to disparage)

Come, let us drink the good tea from the precious mug
in a soft chair with a backstory of its own
in the company of fragreant steam.
Let us see if we can find it - this now

The moment that came before this moment
is already floating downstream,
on its way to get tangled in a fallen branch
with some fishing line and a faded can of miller lite.

The next moment is lurking in the hallway ready to pounce
she is listening to everything we say.
There is a moment that will happen years from now,
deep underground, but she is waiting for wildfire to germinate.

But what I am saying my loves
what I am saying my dear ones,
Is that those moments even though they lift their arms up
begging us to carry them, can take care of themselves.

It is only this now that we need to pick up,
and cradle against our beating hearts.

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