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.

© 2018 j.g. lewis