Curtis Johnson Poet Free verse

Now And Then

THAT WAS THEN,
BUT THIS IS NOW

I spoke of leaves and trees
And wrote about squirrels and cats.
I observed and rescued yard bugs
From hungry black widow spiders.
I was touched by homeless people,
And moved to action by a hungry lady

BUT THAT WAS THEN,
AND THIS IS NOW

Now, 2000 miles removed from western city life,
to a rural southern setting; I am smothered
with open spaces in a simple and quiet place.
I am now highly alert of spiders, snakes, and wasps;
But yet I feel the heartbeat of friends now so far away.
The here and now is very different from the there and then;
But as I relax and muse, I remember:

THAT WAS THEN,
BUT THIS IS NOW

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