"Now" by Gene Hodge, Frequent Contributor & Poet of the Week

Now

Gene Hodge

It’s morning . . .

Turn off the alarm—

don’t turn on the TV.

Let’s just lie here

in each other's arms

and be who we are

and let the day be

who the big guy designed it to be.

I have no other desire

but to be where you are.

If the world says

two people are missing today,

“who cares?”

There is no space between us . . .

not even the air we breathe.

Beneath these warm covers,

in your arms,

I am safe . . . for now.

And now . . . is where

I choose to live.

Poet’s Notes:  We are always seeking refuge from the responsibilities of the day.  And to spend those moments with someone you love, before our minds begin to fill their bottomless cups with tasteless coffee, is a longing in everyone’s heart.