I worried today
I worried today,
About my children,
About my wife,
About my job,
My place in life.
Money fleeting - along with time,
Age creeping - closer to the Divine.
I worried about tomorrow,
And what it holds in store,
For me and my friends,
Earthquakes? Diseases? Wars?
Disappearing faces,
Cast upon eternal shores?
I worried about yesterday,
And all that I have done,
The good, the bad, the ugly,
The fun that wasn't - fun.
Years and seconds wasted,
Beneath the rising-setting sun.
Today I worried about yesterday,
Today and tomorrow,
I filled my heart and mind,
With only imaginable sorrow.
The time I spent,
On this feckless task,
Is time I won't get back,
And I'm ashamed to ask.
Worry only robs me,
Of this given day,
It cannot change the past,
Or tomorrow sway.
Worry only steals,
Like a thief - and I am him.
He/I stare stupidly,
With an imbecilic grin,
At the time wasted,
And things that have not been,
Neither in the past,
Nor beyond the sunlight din.
In the end, I worried today,
For no good reason at all.
I only wasted precious time,
And added nothing to my call.
Worry, anxiety, distress,
Please, do go away.
Let me live in peace,
As I traverse the narrow way.
Let me walk in the moment,
With God, with love, with friend,
For the coin of time,
I freely choose,
To spend on all of them.
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” – Matthew 6:34
If you like my poetry, you can find more in The Last Dragon: and Other Poems (2022).
James M. Hahn, Author 