Don't Wait for Wonder

Cherishing the word cozy today

while I pray for drivers to be safe!

(Victoria just made it home after being sent home early!

Wow! Was I relieved to see her! And wow, was she relieved too)

The feeding station has been flooded with feather-flurry all morning

Don’t wait for wonder; look and see 

For surely, purely poetry 

Brims from a beauty-giddy fount 

In glints too manifold to count 

Like petals from a blossom-tree 

Don’t wait for wishes to come true 

Let Mercy’s Meanwhile run us through 

With wonder-wild astonishment 

To smile away longing’s lament 

And make us humbly thankful too 

Don’t wait for what already is 

Of giggle, snuggle, hug and kiss 

For if we look beyond today 

To pine for morrow’s might or may 

How much of here and now we miss 

Don’t wait for wonder’s sweet surprise 

While plundering a sea of sighs 

But take the time to look and see 

To touch the hand of Majesty 

And gaze into the Giver’s eyes 

Don't fall for some far-off decoy

But cherish words like 'girl and 'boy'

For far too soon the picture fades

Into floats in phantom parades

That echo with yesterday's joy

© Janet Martin 

Cherish words like girl and boy...and COZY!