What is today?

What is today?
Do you ever spend
days and weeks,
hours and minutes,
waiting for a
thing?
A day,
an event,
a happening?
What if that moment
never comes?
What if all your moments
are wasted
waiting for a different
moment,
which passes,
as you dream
of another?
Like trying to hold the wind
or capture a wave
while being pushed
by another.

What is today?
What's it for anyway?
If it was the last day,
would you be ready?
If you made a list
of all your important
words
and tasks,
would each thing be done?
How would you start?
Would you finish?
What if today
was the best day?
Would you wish it
away?

Could you pick up
your moments
and embrace them
as gifts,
sharing them
with friends
loved ones
and lonely strangers,
those loved by
another,
those someone gave birth to
and prays for,
those loved by the Lord?

What is today?
Is this a day
to be feed,
a day to get,
a day to rest,
a day to forget?

Are your tasks
already written down
planned to the letter?
What if God has a plan
that is better?

All my days were
written in His book
before one of them came to be.
He's the Author
and finisher of my
Faith.
He told me to be ready.
What did He write?
Does it match
my plan?
Am I doing the good works
He planned before the
creation of the World
for me to do?
When He returns
will I be about
His business?
Will I be ready,
found waiting,
oil flask full
and wick trimmed?
Will my Beloved
come soon?

Who would I tell?
How would I live
if these were my
last moments?
What would I pray?
What would I say?
What is today?

c Kim Damon 2013