ANTICIPATION

View from my front courtyard

In spite of my efforts to remain focused

because I really  don’t want to miss

any portion of my life, I leap

into a future unknown except in wishes,

where fancy magnifies delight,

or perhaps minimizes it. 

Won’t know the truth of this until

experience materializes

because we never really know

about the days to come,

though we always chase the finer ones.

Do I waste this moment?

My apologies to the gods

of time.

Rainbows, ocean breezes, luscious fruits,

water falls, volcanoes like the moon, heavenly music

softly strummed, or beaten by a drum,

fish of colors (I’ve) never seen, and people

of Aloha smiling at me...

Sorry, I’m not really with you now,

and tomorrow we may not be together,

I’ll be busy having fun.

I see only imagination's child,

wondering,

dreaming,

rehearsing

how right it will be.

But I’m no prophet.

Don’t know nature’s way.

So I wait. I trust.

Inevitably, later will unravel 

with ease,

transforming

now

to now.

(Submitted to Dverse Poets Open Link Night.)

I borrowed some of the words from the song, 'Anticipation' by Carley Simon. That's all I'm about right now as I prepare to go to Hawaii tomorrow - a   vacation dream.  I may not be posting very often if at all.  I'll be missing you.  Aloha!