Here And Now

Has become puzzling somehow

Much easier to drift

In and out of here

Thinking that our problems

Will simply disappear

Focusing on the past

And the future too

Does not lend itself

To a solution that’s true

Running around in circles

Is the new classic dance

That keeps us imprisoned

In a spell binding trance

Forcing or resisting

Does not work at all

It merely exhausts us

Or don’t you recall

Lost in our mind

Is a dreadful fate

It’s so critical we wake up

Before it’s too late

So hard to focus

One moment at a time

Too many distractions

That keep us all blind

So what are we afraid of

Right now and Right here

Based on our actions

It’s not entirely clear

Pretending to be happy

When all we want to do

Is hide and withdraw

From all that is new

Stay focused in the present

And we all soon will learn

The benefits are many

Much more than we can discern

Our comfort zones protect us

For awhile at least

But we are quick to discover

Our aliveness has decreased

So what’s next on the schedule

What else can we do

Fill up our lives with duties

And tasks to pursue

Life soon becomes

An emotionless trip

Meaningless and dull

Is all we can predict

But there must be something more

This certainly cannot it

As a child I could remember

My dreams quite a bit

There must be a clue

That can be found somewhere

And I have a hunch that it is

Right now and Right here

So learning to stay present

In the Here and Now

Speeds up the process

Of creating a “Wow”

In the moment

Is where our power resides

It’s our job to be present

On this mysterious ride

Practice makes perfect

As the saying goes

The better we get

There’s less worries and woes

So making this all real

Is our mission and task

This is not a dress rehearsal

We’ve figured out at last.

JWS 5/26/11

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