Mantra

Mantra

Memories all askew,
leading back to "better
days," yet when I focus
on the truth, I realize
that today is the "best
day," and recognizing
the ability to make
every day your "best day"
is the beginning of
your creation inner
harmony

Shadowing memories
is all well and good
but living today as
if it were your last
not worrying about
yesterday or tomorrow
helps you to understand
the beauty and precious
quality of each
second that ticks by

Keep your memories,
for they are precious things,
live not in your past nor
in your future, for it is your
this moment which molds
your past and your when
you allow yourself that "present"
that gift of "now" you become
in tune with all that is and
life's path is every more
fulfilling

Love, shine, wonder, be in awe
(like a child) laugh at butterflies
and cry at sunsets for the sheer joy
of living is in each innocent
deed

Lynn West
(c) 2009

revised (c) 2011

Summer Night

Summer Night

Lying under an August moon,
I reach out to touch the sky
lazing there, my mind drifts
back to a night this past July

Stars were bright, twinkling
diamonds, for all the world
to see, while we made love
to the cadence of night
sounds, forging a perfect
memory

While the moonbeams
danced in your eyes,
I fell in love again, with you
and forever will I cherish that
summer's night and the dream
that at last came true

Lynn West
(c) 2009