In a Millisecond

-

 


A tick, a tock, the clock face bright,

A millisecond, a shard of light.

So small, so quick, a breath, a sigh,

Whole worlds are born before they die.


Fate, they say, a winding thread,

Spun long ago, where I am led.

A path prepared, a marked design,

Each step assumed, each loss, each sign.


Yet in that tick, that fragile space,

A win, a fall, a changed embrace.

A word unsaid, a risk once taken,

A dream pursued, a hope forsaken.


One blink holds pleasure, sharp and sweet,

The taste of triumph, heart’s quick beat.

The next holds sorrow, heavy, slow,

A silent tear no one will know.


I paused once, lost before a street,

The world unsure beneath my feet.

Left promised calm, right hinted pain,

Straight ahead-unknown terrain.


Had I turned left, I might have won,

Applause, a crown, the race outrun.

Turned right, perhaps I’d failed outright,

A broken dream, a longer night.


But straight I went, through chance and rain,

Through small defeats, through quiet gain.

I met a smile, then loss, then grace,

Joy and grief shared face to face.


Unexpected turns, unplanned delays,

Sudden endings, borrowed days.

A call too late, a door that closed,

A love arrived-and then decomposed.


Yet even loss, in that small beat,

Taught my weary heart to meet

The truth that life is brief and wide,

Both wound and wonder intertwined.


And in the final slowing breath,

That last thin line we call our death,

Another moment still remains-

Acceptance softening the pain.


So is it fate that shapes my way,

Or milliseconds spent each day?

Perhaps it’s both, a fragile art,

A destined frame, a choosing heart.


The clock still ticks, indifferent, true,

Yet hands are mine for what I do.

In joy, in grief, in rise, in fall,

A single blink can change it all.


So I will live with open sight,

Through sudden dark, through sudden light.

For in each breath, till life departs,

I play my part-with broken, brave heart.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Your Fragrance

-
Image
  The scent of your skin, so soft and mild, Like  sunshine on a sleeping child. It drifts and dances, light and free, A whisper carried on the breeze to me.   No fancy flowers, no spiced array, Just you, and all you are today. A simple sweetness, warm and deep, A promise that I long to keep.   It fills my heart with pure delight, A gentle spark in silent night. And in its glow, I find my way, Through shadows that may come our way.   Your fragrance, more than just a smell, A story only love can tell. A memory I hold so tight, A beacon shining in the night.   So let this scent forever stay, A tender gift, come what may. For in your presence, I am whole, Your fragrance lives within my soul.
Read more

Silence of the Heart

-
Image
  My heart was born a trembling thing, Soft as breath, too frail to keep. It learned too early how to sing, And even sooner, how to weep. I was told that love is dangerous- A door left open in a storm. What enters warm can leave me thus: Emptied, altered, misshapen, torn. I loved a child, I loved a friend, I loved a soul I could not save. Each time, I knew it could not end Without some grave misstep, some grave wave. I built a wall around my chest, I sealed my heart to spare the pain. I traded passion for a false rest, A careful life with shallow gain. Days filled with tasks, nights empty, neat, No haunting knocks, no desperate call. I swore I’d lost nothing, felt complete, Yet felt the silence eat my all. Inside, my heart grew cold as stone, No wound, no ache, no pulse remains. It does not love, it does not moan, It only counts what love contains. And now I see, too late to turn, The tragedy I’ve made my own: By trying to escape the burn, I’ve lost the only life I’d known. I can c...
Read more

A Gentle Warning

-
Image
  The wind whispers secrets, the sun paints the day, I walk on the wide land, and quietly stay. The grass bends beneath me, a gentle green sea, My heart holds no anger, just liberty. The birds sing their songs, a sweet, joyful sound, No trouble I seek, on this peaceful ground. My path is my own, and I ask nothing more, Than sunshine and silence, on this open shore. But sometimes a shadow, falls dark on the scene, A harsh word is spoken, a spirit unclean. A hand reaches out, with intent to annoy, To steal my contentment, and ruin my joy. I speak with a voice, that is steady and clear, "Please cease your disturbance, have nothing to fear. Just leave me in peace, let me walk on my way, And sunshine and silence, will brighten your day." I offer a kindness, a chance to retreat, To turn from the darkness, to find something sweet. I hope for a change, a softening heart, A lesson in peace, a brand new restart. But if that first warning, is met with a sneer, And anger erupts, fueled b...
Read more

The Book I Choose

-
Image
A silent breath begins the open page; Dawn lifts the cover, names the day as mine. White margins wait for hands that choose a word. Small steps learn balance, falling into light; Wide eyes drink color, sound, and sky made new. Each morning hums a promise to my feet. Warm sparks of friendship catch against the wind; Shared laughter trades its truth at edge of dusk. Trust learns its flame by standing in the storm. Time thickens ink; sharp lessons press the heart. A shadow settles, heavy in the chest; Tears cool the ground where broken roots took hold. I step ahead; my wonder leads through dark. My will is forged by standing all alone; Strength wakes where none had named it living yet. High peaks demand the courage of my climb; Low valleys hold the hush of doubt and fear. Both tune the grain and color of my self. No borrowed map can fit another star; Their winds are set for far and foreign shores. My course obeys the pull I choose to trust. I hold love fast; kind hands unlock the world. S...
Read more

My Mother’s Love

-
Image
  My mother’s love, like sunlit rain, Falls soft upon a child’s pain. It knows no walls, no fence, no door, It spills its warmth forevermore. It flows like rivers to the sea, Unquestioned, deep, instinctively. No map can guide its endless way, It guards the night, it greets the day. My mother’s love, a seed so small, Yet strong enough to outgrow all. Through storms it bends but will not break, It stands awake for my sake. A fragile flame, a whispered song, A steady hand when things go wrong. She shields it from the bitter breeze, With tireless care and gentle ease. Let kindness be her daily bread, And sacrifice her child’s bed. For love she gives, so pure and bright, Turns darkest hours into light. So I hold her close, and honor too The quiet strength she carried me. For mother’s love, so fierce, so true, Lives on in all you say and do.
Read more

My Mosquito Wife

-
Image
And then she hums- My mosquito wife, persistent, near, Her tiny presence threading the dark, Her song a constant vibration I cannot ignore. At times, words fail- They don’t make sense, A jumble in my mind, I ignore them, I do not dwell, I do not turn them over, do not dissect. They become mere noise, A hum I cannot silence, A vibration threading through all I hear. Her wings hum, delicate but unrelenting, A rhythm threading through the hollow space, Like words circling, piercing, lingering, Impossible to silence, impossible to dismiss. She speak in endless streams, Their meanings slipping away, I nod, I follow, But am I truly listening? Or only pretending to understand? The night becomes a battleground- Where silence struggles to exist, Meaning once grounded now adrift, While her buzzing grows, A constant presence, shaping my attention. Sometimes, I feel angry , Something stirring deep within, A quiet resistance against hollow echoes. Even innocent words hover and pierce, Filling hollo...
Read more

Love in Every Moment

-
Image
Love is a quiet, gentle breeze, I feel it whisper through the trees. It asks for nothing, gives its all, And stands beside me when I fall. I find it walking city streets, In corner cafés, quiet seats. On country roads at evening’s glow, Where porch lights hum and time moves slow. We build no fences out of fear, No walls of doubt to keep love clear. Together reaching, near and far, Across the land, where loved ones are. I see it in a grandma’s smile, A baby’s laugh that stays awhile. In schoolyard gates and hospital halls, Where hope feels small, yet softly calls. We feel it waiting at the door, In kitchens warm, on worn wood floors. At bus stops, parks, and checkout lines, In ordinary, passing time. I don’t keep score of wrong or right, I choose instead a gentler light. A listening ear, a steady hand, I learn love helps me understand. Through storms of anger, hurt, and pain, We trust that love will still remain. It bends, it sways, may wear a bruise, But never breaks, and never used. I...
Read more

The Silver Arc

-
Image
  Another year has spun its thread, A silver arc the daylight led, A quiet turn of earth and sky, With ordinary days gone by. No trumpet sounded time’s advance, Just morning light and evening’s chance, Yet every step, however small, Was warmed by you-I felt it all. Each season paints a different hue, Spring’s soft hope, summer’s deeper blue, Autumn’s gold that learns to fall, And winter’s hush that stills us all. And every one I share with you Becomes more honest, more than true- Richer, deeper, softly spun, Like threads that know where they belong. The laughter shared in careless streams, The quiet mending of our dreams, The tears we dried without a word, The comfort felt, not always heard. Side by side in stillness found, We learned what peace could sound like-sound Of breathing slow, of trust held fast, Of moments made to gently last. No map was drawn for where we went, No great design, no grand intent, Just days that asked we show our face, And love that learned a steady pace. ...
Read more

Love That Does Not Need to Merge

-
Image
  Beneath the sea where patience lives, A blue whale moves with quiet grace. Above the world, a sparrow sings Of wind and light and open space. The bright sun crowns their meeting hour, Spilling gold on wave and wing. It watches sea and sky draw near, Then gently pull from everything. They meet where sea and sky agree To touch, but never intertwine- A boundary clear, yet honest still, Like love that knows its own design. “I cannot fly,” the whale says soft, “But I can stay, and I can hear.” “I cannot dive,” the sparrow smiles, “But still, your song is always near.” At night, the moon takes silent note, Stitching silver through the tide. It learns that love does not require Two worlds to merge or coincide. They do not ask to change their forms, Nor wish the other less than whole. They learn that love is not a cure, But the clear knowing of a soul. The tides rise faithful to the moon, The currents carry ancient truth- That some hearts move in different ways, Yet pull each other all t...
Read more

With Her Hand in Mine

-
Image
  The world saw shadows, whispers took their flight, Said she was too bright, too wild for their sight. They measured her soul by a narrow design, Feared the strength of a truth they could never define. But I saw a fire, a brave, burning grace, A storm made of courage, light carved in her face. Where others saw chaos, I saw standing tall, A heart that knew honor, a will that won’t fall. Her truth was a beacon, honest and bold, Not shaped for approval, not bought or sold. A poem  in sincerity, written in flame, Unashamed of its power, unbowed by their blame. And oh, her respect, a promise she keeps, A vow in her waking, a law in her sleep. She stood proud and steady when duty would call, Not shrinking from weight, but embracing it all. Let the doubters keep murmuring, casting their shade, Let them clutch at their fears, let their rumors be made. My belief in her beauty will never grow thin, It deepens with knowing, it strengthens within. For in her I see what is worthy and real...
Read more