This Moment - A.W. Gerber

Larry Robinson Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Wed May 20 07:15:28 PDT 2020


This Moment

At this moment of cruel uncertainty 
Planet Earth seems pretty steady
In its turning and circling
Gifting our eyes
With the illusion of the sun rising
And later on descending
During the moment we label 
As 7pm
When we lift our hands in unison
And applaud
The unflinching
Front line workers.
In the growing dimness 
Of 8pm
We even howl in gratitude
We stretch out our arms
As if to hold them
And those they serve 
The ill
Dying
Grieving.
We could also
If so inclined
Both embrace and dissolve 
Our collective pain
By trusting the illusive paradox
That all exists only
In the boundless 
Present moment.
Embodying this riddle
We can still praise
Our planet’s comforting
Consistent motion
The conjurer 
Of our more familiar notion of time
Including the returning
Deceptive rise
Of lovely healing dawn.

	- A.W. Gerber

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