Hunger for Now

exploration of hunger, passion, living for today. answer to a Paradise challenge

hunger lives a passionate paradigm.

hunger, beyond life-giving-food
is passionate desire. It
burns, builds, overwhelms, and consumes.
it rises and motivates to action a 
fleeting, beating, heart-racing, pacing, 

then is satisfied and 
recedes to another time
wasteful, life-eating apathy reigning 
before it burns and consumes again.
a hunger is personal, self-absorbed.
too often obsessive.
too often regressive.

I hunger for the NOW.
not for later or tomorrow
I hunger for THIS second
... and now THIS one.

a cool breeze and sunshine 
on my face and head. 
singing birds and 
squeeling baby squirrels, 
my keys in hand, and 
a good days work ahead of me.
NOW is that 
fleeting, beating, heart-racing 
satisfying moment.
... and so is THIS one.

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

stellar writing again from the master - hungering for NOW. so many of us are blinded by our consumption of yesterday....and the gnaw of tomorrow...we never consider NOW. that last stanza especially brings this one home.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

An intriquing concept - well expressed. Beautiful lines in this work and lovely descriptions. I love the flow of it as well. Thanks for sharing.
Light,
Siddartha

[SassySays]

You said...."a passionate paradigm" and I say yes this is so true....

this piece has so much depth....and so many layers of things, I love the way you see the world...and hungers are so very personal...I love the simple hungers....for clear skies and spring time, an honest wage....sunny days.....this piece reflects perfectly your personality..