This is no time for timid hearts
For holding back your most precious gifts in the face of fear of retribution
For wedging yourself into a doorway while you wonder if you are worthy of entrance
For sitting interminably on a fence whose only purpose is to separate you
from your very self
This is no time
This is no time to utter whatever from a place of rarefied observation
To be carried along buoyed by neither aim nor intention
To let life live you blithely while you relinquish your birthright of free will
To sanction guilt and obligation as they hold sway over your most fervent desires,
This is no time
This is no time for equivocation, for hedging and backsliding
For whimpering and decrying all that you have created
For playing victim to predators of any stripe, be they real or illusory
For abdicating personal responsibility in the face of a preponderance of evidence,
If ever there was a time, it is not now
For forthright declaration of your deepest truths
This is the time
For standing your ground for causes that bear the mantle of justice
This is the time
For fostering unadulterated freedom that rings out
above the screech of politics and posturing,
For inaugurating new byways of sustainable evolution by lifting one hand after another
For redeeming without hesitation the wonderful that you believed was gone forever
This, right now, is the time
This is not the time to take the bait of vulturous fearmongers
To withhold the emanations of your frangible heart
To stockpile the succulent flowerings of your soul
To hurl at others the boomerang of judgment or culpability
(lest it return to its rightful owner)
This is not the time
If you have ever yearned to unleash your passions
Ached to be exponentially more than you have dared to be
Hungered for a greater humanity within and without
Longed for connection that defies the so-called bounds of time and space
And have known for eternity that you were born to be Love,
Today
Right here
Right now
It is time.
Author Bio:
Rachel Snyder has for decades relied on the written and spoken word to inspire individuals to embrace their hunger for spiritual evolution and empower themselves to live out full-spectrum lives. She was selected to read at the Bryant Park (NYC) Word for Word Poetry Series in June 2012 and her piece, “Migration,” garnered an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Writing Competition of Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature. Her 2010 title, Be Filled with Faith: Words of Well-Being to Strengthen Your Spirit, was published by Colorado-based Blue Mountain Press, who has also included her work in more than a dozen anthologies. She is the author of 365 Words of Well-Being for Women (Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill, 1997) and its Barnes & Noble reprint, Words of Wisdom for Women (2003). A devotee of the meandering path, she has at turns been a journalist, a direct marketing copywriter, a stall mucker, an innsitter, a community activist, a housecleaner, and a public elected official. A poet outlier living in remote, rural southeastern Colorado, Snyder’s “intelligent inspiration for evolving humans” can be found at www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com.
For holding back your most precious gifts in the face of fear of retribution
For wedging yourself into a doorway while you wonder if you are worthy of entrance
For sitting interminably on a fence whose only purpose is to separate you
from your very self
This is no time
This is no time to utter whatever from a place of rarefied observation
To be carried along buoyed by neither aim nor intention
To let life live you blithely while you relinquish your birthright of free will
To sanction guilt and obligation as they hold sway over your most fervent desires,
This is no time
This is no time for equivocation, for hedging and backsliding
For whimpering and decrying all that you have created
For playing victim to predators of any stripe, be they real or illusory
For abdicating personal responsibility in the face of a preponderance of evidence,
If ever there was a time, it is not now
For forthright declaration of your deepest truths
This is the time
For standing your ground for causes that bear the mantle of justice
This is the time
For fostering unadulterated freedom that rings out
above the screech of politics and posturing,
For inaugurating new byways of sustainable evolution by lifting one hand after another
For redeeming without hesitation the wonderful that you believed was gone forever
This, right now, is the time
This is not the time to take the bait of vulturous fearmongers
To withhold the emanations of your frangible heart
To stockpile the succulent flowerings of your soul
To hurl at others the boomerang of judgment or culpability
(lest it return to its rightful owner)
This is not the time
If you have ever yearned to unleash your passions
Ached to be exponentially more than you have dared to be
Hungered for a greater humanity within and without
Longed for connection that defies the so-called bounds of time and space
And have known for eternity that you were born to be Love,
Today
Right here
Right now
It is time.
Author Bio:
Rachel Snyder has for decades relied on the written and spoken word to inspire individuals to embrace their hunger for spiritual evolution and empower themselves to live out full-spectrum lives. She was selected to read at the Bryant Park (NYC) Word for Word Poetry Series in June 2012 and her piece, “Migration,” garnered an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Writing Competition of Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature. Her 2010 title, Be Filled with Faith: Words of Well-Being to Strengthen Your Spirit, was published by Colorado-based Blue Mountain Press, who has also included her work in more than a dozen anthologies. She is the author of 365 Words of Well-Being for Women (Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill, 1997) and its Barnes & Noble reprint, Words of Wisdom for Women (2003). A devotee of the meandering path, she has at turns been a journalist, a direct marketing copywriter, a stall mucker, an innsitter, a community activist, a housecleaner, and a public elected official. A poet outlier living in remote, rural southeastern Colorado, Snyder’s “intelligent inspiration for evolving humans” can be found at www.rachelsnyder.wordpress.com.
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