Losing the Now

The wandering
Undisciplined mind
Leads inexorably to
Nowhere.

A circle, looping back
In on itself to
End where it started
Nowhere.

Tattered strands
Memory mists over
Tomorrow dreaming
Nowhere.

First moment, breath in
Last a sigh out
In between
Nowhere.

Pause, let go
All separation ceases
To exist
Now, here.

© 2005 Joe Rigney