Embrace the Present

Caught between missing what no longer is

And wondering what yet will be

Filled with a feeling of sad emptiness

As I sense you slipping from me

What good is sorrow; why sift through life’s gold

To finger the silt in its pock?

I must embrace the present in my hold

Ere vaults close that never unlock

This is life’s beautiful, breath-stealing trade

Everything comes, but to pass

We cannot barter with moment-parades

Or flip Time’s grand hour-glass

While we were dreaming you learned how to dance

While we were dancing, I knew

Sooner or later your feet would find wings

…my heart must learn to fly too

So, embrace the present and then let it be 

Lest in thought’s bittersweet trance

Somehow we miss its gladsome melody

And sadly forget how to dance

© Janet Martin