Winter is often the time to be still and to reflect on the experiences that bring us to where we are in our lives. We not only look back but we also look to the future, taking steps toward what we want to happen next. Cathy’s poem FIRST and LAST speaks to those moments of reflection and the importance of also living in the present.
FIRST aND LAST
Cathy Ross
The first time
is always magic,
first smile, first word,
first day of school.
Soon we advance
to first love, first job,
first child, the years
unreeling like ribbon,
but we hurry on,
oblivious,
until one day we realize
that the last time
for something
has already happened,
has slipped past
unseen and taken
its seat in the hall
of memory. It is then
that we begin
to live more mindfully,
to pay attention to our days,
knowing
that the last time
for anything
might be today.
To read Cathy’s previously published poem, THE PAUSE in the NESTER – click here
Brilliant and insightful!
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