Floating Forward

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Sometimes

I feel pathetic

for being tangled up

in the now.

I cling

tightly to the

current, precious moment

carrying me

down the

stream of life

like a tether to safety,

but really

it’s only

a propeller

moving me into the

uncertain

future

where all

possibilities of endless

measure

reside.

And I close

my eyes and thank the

heavens

for this

perfect system of

progress and movement.

Allowing

myself

to embrace my

need to have something new

in sight

before

I can let go

of my present comfort and

allow the

current

to sweep me

off into glorious newness.

Finally

accepting

that I won’t

ever feel ready to release

the now

without

the shape of

something I could deeply

love

changing

from inconceivable

to familiar. My hesitancy

being

transmuted

into excitement

and a stranger shape-shifting

from

unfamiliar

into a love that

has always truly been

mine.

Glacier National Park - 2020

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