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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