Today
We wake again
to plot another graph of time
linger over coffee
bemoan tragedy
fear
for our lives
our nation
…our sanity
Today we set again
a way forward
while standing still
a way out
while enshrined within
the walls of our imaginations
confined
by discontent
Today we bring again
to the table
new beginnings
old understandings
mental meanderings
distracted by the present
Today time again enfolds us
with the luminous space
between
past and future
encasing our loneliness
and demanding
our now
Today we choose again
to live with
the unknown
seeking hope in
our uncertainty
and peace
in our fleeting plans
Today we again touch
our tomorrows
hesitant to dream
but insisting on the ridiculous hope
that lodges between
breast bone
and back bone
that today is the only
and best
gift we are given.
Thank you for expressing exactly how I feel.
The hope that drags us ever forward.