At any given moment
you are called to abandon
everything that has been
for what is next.

At every given moment–
this one, for example–
you are called to abandon
every actual or imagined thing that has ever, ever been,
for what is next.

At this moment…
and now this one…
you are called to do this.

If your arms are full up
with what has been,
there's no room to embrace
this moment…
or this one…
or this…

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.