We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves,
unable to see that here, now,
this very moment is sacred;
but once it’s gone –
its value is incontestable.
unable to see that here, now,
this very moment is sacred;
but once it’s gone –
its value is incontestable.
Joyce Carol Oates
from “Life is a Verb” by Patti Digh
from “Life is a Verb” by Patti Digh