Moments

By Cliff Lake

 

Moments

 

Sunshine sparkle, one drop of dew,

Temporary jewel, and many-hued.

The winged chorus now greets the dawn,

Will you stop to listen or hurry on?

Too soon for traffic, or working noise,

This juncture static, the instant is poised…

To move off is tragic, distraction annoys,

Such simple magic nature employs.

 

Take any moment in your embrace,

Or simply choose to sit and wait,

For the moment to happen to you.

Such precious seconds lasting too few,

Capture the moment and the moment is you.

 

The first flake falls, silence surrounds,

Such is the first of winter’s sounds.

Gray sky above, a shiver below,

Escaping inside should the wind blow.

Crystalline drift without a noise,

To remember these seconds can be a choice.

To move off is tragic, distraction annoys,

Such simple magic nature employs.

 

Take such a moment in your embrace,

Or simply choose to sit and wait,

For the moment to happen to you.

Such precious seconds lasting too few,

Capture the moment and the moment is you.

 

The scent of the first of the spring rains,

The attention the flutter of the butterfly claims.

The power that the sound of thunder contains,

The echoes of a child’s laugh always remains…

Forget all of mankind’s mechanical toys.

Be baptized anew in natural noise.

To move off is tragic, distraction annoys,

Such simple magic nature employs.

 

Take every moment in your embrace,

Or simply choose to sit and wait,

For any moment to happen to you.

Such precious seconds lasting too few,

Capture the moment and the moment is you.

 

Take any moment in your embrace,

Or simply choose to sit and wait,

For such a moment to happen to you.

Such precious seconds lasting too few,

Capture the moment and the moment is you.

Such precious times lasting too few,

Capture the moment and let the moment be you.

 

Cliff Lake 7/22/2025

Copyright © Clifford Lake 2025

Location: Wichita, KS, USA

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