At This Moment

At this moment in time There are moms giving birth, While gravediggers shovel A plot in the earth. At this moment a plane Is preparing to soar, While a soldier’s blown up In a far-away war. At this moment some people Confess all their sins, While the gamblers assess All their losses and wins. There are folks who are sleeping Or cooking or reading; Shoplifters stealing And knife victims bleeding. Actors rehearsing and Bar patrons drinking. Cars crashing crazily; Novelists thinking. Knitters are knitting And lovers embracing; Criminals learn of The sentence they’re facing. Capture one moment And measure the arc. Everything happens – The light and the dark. Here in this moment Some journey from home, While I sit and ponder And jot down this poem.