there is only now
It is hard to surrender to love
With so much to do.
When the battles are won,
Missions are completed,
Chores are done,
Dramas played out,
The kitchen tidy,
The children asleep…
There is a moment
In the heart of darkness
When you could give in and weep.
That scavenging dog
Keeping you from sleep
Is a messenger –
There is only now.