Present in the Now

February  2017

​“Just do it,”
They told us
As kids and adolescents
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my words,
Then they erased
All those learned lessons
To make us
Yuppy-clones,
petrified of
“there is no wrong answer”

Because
all answers were answers,
depending on…
something,
they were none,
and all, each wrong,
So that decisions
we belabor
we have just made;
And more of your time
wasted
as we worry over
wasted time

Forget past
And future,
Ground self
in present,
as we grind
Arabica beans,
or count sheep
to sleep

We each only live once
in this very instant
that is already
long gone past,

and here
is now.

Seeking help

May 4, 2017

Silent
We hope for help
That which we fear the shame
Of asking for,
Of being vulnerable
When that is all
We can be

Say
The only thing
You can say
And perhaps
find comfort
In unexpected responses
That may bring
miraculous gifts