Now Or Never

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready. - Thoreau

unequivocal

shouting next to me

pivotal

whispering from a mile away

measure tip to tip my outstretched arms

a whirling dervish of time

subject to sway

all we have is the spin of today

the rotation of yesterday is gone

it sleeps in the hall closet

on a plastic hanger

pay no attention to its worn grooves

it behooves

Author's Note

"What means the fact--which is so common, so universal--that some soul that has lost all hope for itself can inspire in another listening soul an infinite confidence in it, even while it is expressing its despair?" - Thoreau