How And When Poem by Tim Romines

How will I know when the time is the right time?
Feelings hit me sometimes with such force
Ignoring them is not an option I am looking for.
Up till now the bad outweighed the good
Sadness and confusion would take over my mind.

Overcoming the bad gets easier in time
But is never an easy thing to deal with or overcome.
Often you might try to learn from the mistakes
But over time it puts your emotions in a bind.

After so much time and so many years
Of getting no respect will wear on your self esteem.
And trying to dissect truth from deception becomes your main focus.
Often the strangest are reduced down to sorrow filled tears.

So how do you really know when the pain will end?
What are the signs we should be looking for?
Will they be easy to see and understand?
Will I be closer to helping my heart finally mend?

All I know it that when it truly happens you will feel it.
It may be subtle it may slap you in the face
Just be ready because when it does happen
You will want to dive all in and never quit.

When you get bit by the feeling of love your pain will be gone.
When your pain is gone you are able to allow the present to happen.
When you allow that the beginning doesn’t matter and you are
In a world where an ending does not belong.

When the beginning and the end are no longer relevant
All your focus is on the middle.
Focus on the “The Everlasting Middle” and you will see
That when you focus on this the love that two share is constant.

Tim Romines 6/25/2008