Today is Summer Solstice on my side of the planet; the longest day of the year, when the Sun is lighting up the sky for that little bit longer. My inner-poet couldn’t resist chirping up today. Here’s the result:
On The Longest Day
On the Longest Day
What will you do?
With those extra moments;
A gift. For you.
Will you use this time
To sit and listen?
To hear the music;
The words unwritten.
Will you open your eyes
To the ‘Everyday Beauty’
Of small-talk with strangers
And family movies?
Will you open your mind
To different ideas?
To notions that others
Are unwilling to hear?
Will you talk to someone
That you see every day
As if they’re brand new;
From a place, far away?
Will you challenge your body
And brain, past your limits?
Hearing your heartbeat;
In place of your critic?
Will you walk through a door
Despite being afraid?
Shaking and trembling;
Yet determined. Unswayed.
At the end of the day;
What will you say?
Did you cherish those moments;
Or throw them away?
Those precious few minutes;
At end, or beginning.
Have no guarantee;
Of when they’re expiring.
This day or Any day;
Could be your last.
So grab hold of these moments;
Before they are lost.
