Poem №022

There are moments in life
that you’ll want
to hold onto so tightly
you’ll try to squeeze
every bit out of them
hoping by some miracle
they’ll never end

And in all your efforting
to be fully present
to soak it all in
to make the most of it
you’ll forget to
let go of control
and just be there
in the details
with the parts
that will only ever exist
in that one precious moment.

So your invitation is
to embrace the grief
of the inevitable ending
the potential forgetting
the heartache of time passing

And trust that
what was meant for you
will stay with you
imprinted on your heart
long after the mind
can no longer reach it.