Poem: Future oh Future!

Future, oh future Are you finally here? I seek you next week, next month Even next year I strain to find you As I struggle and search I am still afraid You’ll leave me in the lurch So tell me, oh tell me What will you be? Good, bad, or ugly? What will I see? Sadly, I get the feeling I will never find you With all my scratching, clawing, managing I’m exhausted, I’m through “Why, dear child, are you longing to see? I dwell in each new moment And you’re looking Past me” “Don’t rush me too fast Don’t hurry me along It’s in the present Where you belong” “You’ll never manage me Or my hidden ways Just love in each moment With each passing day”

“Yet I always return again As we often meet You see me constantly With each heartbeat” “I appear not in whole But only in part The big picture yet to be seen An amazing work of art!” “The goal is not to find me But to let me create A wonderful life for you I know what’s at stake” “Like the caterpillar dwells In the cocoon inside It’s beauty takes patience The butterfly takes time” But what about all the plans You want me to begin? Can’t I see a glimpse? Can’t I peek in? “Please plan your best As I fully understand Opportunity often awaits Those who have planned” “But just remember To live with outstretched hands Because life is in the moment Regardless of where you land”