Here and Now - a poem by Liam UiCearbhaill

This poem is in the collection Poetry's Purpose

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Here and Now

The moment is now. It lasts for forever
The place, it is here, unbounded in space
The past is a memory, the future unreal
And here, in this moment, is hidden God’s face

Think not of a somewhere that’s other than here
Think not of a sometime, future nor past
Think not of the should have’s, or could have’s, or will be’s
Think only of now, and the Now, it will last

We hurry from yesterday unto tomorrow
From places we’ve been to places we’ll go
In transit forever and never arriving
Racing through traffic, afraid to go slow

Afraid what we’ll meet if we stop for a moment
Afraid that the mirror will show us our face
Afraid of the nothing that’s hidden inside us
Afraid that we’ll lose if we don’t run the race

And yet we are never escaped from the moment
It holds us more firmly than Heaven or Hell
And here is the place we abide in forever
We cannot be elsewhere, we know this fact well

So be here and be now with all of your being
Drink deep of the present, whatever it brings
Your heart and God’s heart in harmony blending
In this place, in this now, the symphony sings