There will be time

{thanks leslie..this should have made the book!}

by the inspiring Peggy O'mara

There will be time

There is time still
for sitting in cafes
in paris
sipping wine.
Time still
for going to meet the guru.
There is time still.
Now I am caring for eternity.
Carry bodies soft with sleep
to beds of flowered quilts and pillows.
Answering cries deep out of nighttime fears.
Buckling shoes.
Opening doors.
Pretending.
My soul now is dwelling in the house of tomorrow.
Tomorrow there will be time for long leisurely conversations,
for poems to write,
and dances to perform.
Time still.
So i surrender now to them to this,
knowing it is they who will teach me how to do it all.