Catching a Poem

This moment caught

will not come again

or if it does...

it will be wearing

new arrayment.

Quick.

Mustn’t let it get away

or I’ll never learn

the truth it might

have taught me.

Isn’t that reason enough

to write poetry—

to learn our own truths?

And in moments of wild abandon

share them with others?

If you need one,

Here it is...

Don’t let your losses

stop you from surfing

new waves of gladness.

That image came to me

while writing poetry.

It came from nowhere...

all on its own.

Now I give it to you—

Just be happy, will you?

No matter what happens

in our loss-prone lives,

we must strive to catch the

next wave of happiness.

It’s why we’re here, isn’t it?

Did any of us come for

the sake of being miserable?

Photo Credit: Oliver Sjostrom - Upsplash

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