The most important
Thing to remember
Is to say
What you mean
Today today today
Not tomorrow or
Regret having never
Said it ever
So as you
Read this turn
To the person
Next to you
And simply say
I may not
Know you but
Someone else does
And you mean
More to them
Than you know
And them you
I often wonder
Why confessions of
Faith are often
Whispered but declarations
Of belief are
Often yelled for
Everyone else to
Hear the same
Goes for love
The hope for
Love is often
Admitted to pillows
Right before sleep
And the end
Of it is
Heard by just
About every one
After my divorce
When my heart
Turned to ice
God Himself reached
Inside and warmed
It thawing from
The inside out
Once again beating
Once again inspired
Once again loving
What would life
Look like if
We trusted the
Unknown instead of
Filling the known
With things now
We tend to
Anticipate tomorrow as
Though we’re attending
Our own party
Expecting requested gifts
But isn’t tomorrow
A surprise party
We can choose
To either be
Giddy with glee
Or sadly disappointed
We can celebrate
Genuine affection or
Selfishly stack our
Deck assuring satisfaction
I urge you
To live today
And trust tomorrow
Not as certainty
But as an
Unexpected surprise because
It really is
I don’t love
In order to
Be loved I
Love to love
And once even
If we stop
Loving I will
Always love simply
Because you are
Now in my
Heart and it’s
There that you
Shall forever stay
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 