If we wait too long

for the stars to align, for

some kind of hope, or

some kind of sign,

if we let our lives hang on

still-bated breath, we will

forever wonder

what is still to come

or what we have left. If we

don’t own the moments,

or make them our own,

will we ever feel like

we’ve made our way home?

If we can’t be honest

with others, and especially

our selves,

can we ever explain why

or how

we once felt?

If we wait too long, it

may never arrive.

Stop waiting,

start doing,

start feeling alive.

© 2016 j.g. lewis