Here Now a Poem

We've been past

We’ve been far

We are rarely comfortable

Being where we are

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Hindsight is too strong

The present too full of noise

It’s a challenge to make

The logical choice

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When our minds are too full 

Of doubt and shame

We often seek out

Something to blame

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When we rely on the future

For our gambled happiness

The returns on that investment

Lead to emptiness

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I know that it’s hard

To remain here and now

Even though there is only this place

You still have doubts

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And still through the noise

The aches and the pains

The people we’ve hurt

The times we felt lame

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The moment still is here

Waiting only for you

With Grace and Patience

For us to bond like glue

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To this ever expanding moment

This place where it all exists

In love endless and ever

The place of bliss

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Here and Now

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— TED
7.16.25