The Whisper of Now

The Whisper of Now

The future used to scream into my ear

with her boisterous, raspy voice.

Raucous calls bounced off my inner ear

and circled around my eardrum,

reverberating for days,

until Now slammed home its message.

His lesson repeated for years.

Now’s voice was quieter than Future’s,

partly because I wasn’t ready to hear his whispers.

Live for now,

not for then.

This moment can never hold up when

alone,

but many of them together can get us into the future.