Holding Pattern Poem by Bill Upton

We wait too long-
For everything.
We deliberate and have self doubt.
It's never the perfect time,
And it will never be the perfect time.
As we procrastinate,
Opportunities, relationships, and chances
Disappear into darkness.
One day we will learn the value of 'now'.
'Seize the day' was not simply
A line from a movie.
Tomorrow seldom materializes-
It is never guaranteed, nor is it the correct option.
At times, it begs the question
Of whether it actually exists.
Today-this very moment-
Is all we really control.
Without movement,
Without positive, decisive movement,
Our future vanishes
Right in front of our own eyes.

Tomorrow never comes.