Eileen Manassian Poet Carpe Diem

This Day- This Moment

Life offers 
A few choice moments…

Plush in promise
Open to opportunity
Dense with destiny

Moments in time
When...
everything you have
everything you are
weigh heavily in the balance
replete with risks…

Should you speak…
or keep silent?
Should you reach out…
or withdraw?
Should you embrace…
or walk away?
Should you write…
or wait for a message?

The seconds slip away
you hold your breath
knowing
this moment
this very ONE
may change your life
Forever...

Almost gone
it’s almost gone
the chance
to make happiness yours
to reveal all that you hide…
the lasting love
the pent up passion
the moment is ripe
to make a change
to make amends
to take a stand
to take a bow
to feel
to fly
to love
to....
LIVE!

This day
this moment
here
now…..
don’t let it pass by
this moment 
could change every other moment
of the rest of your life

Carpe Diem
Seize the Day
Ah... but listen...
Here what I say!
Seize the moment,
This very one...
AND ALL THE OTHER DAYS...
WILL BE WON!

October 20, 2014
For Reginna's Carpe Diem Contest

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Mama Bear November 14, 2014 at 7:36 PM Eileen we miss you. Start your wonderful writing again. Let no one take this gift from you. You had your hiatus and not get back to writing. Hugs and Blessings Edith Eileen Manassian November 14, 2014 at 10:28 PM Oh, Mama Bear! What a lovely post. You bring me SO much joy. Thank you for remembering me. Hopefully soon I can come back. I did need a time away for some contemplation and introspection. It has been good for me. We will see how things go. Nice warm hugs to you all the way from Beirut.

Sara Kendrick November 9, 2014 at 4:58 AM Way to go with this great win..Congrats..Sara

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty November 7, 2014 at 8:30 AM Jade, your Carpe Diem has been wisely explored by you as a message to all of us. Love:::: rajat

Dr.Ram Mehta November 6, 2014 at 4:52 AM Amaxing write, congrats on the win

Joyce Johnson November 5, 2014 at 10:01 PM A great take on the Seize the Day contest. congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce

Jan Allison November 5, 2014 at 4:59 AM I agree Eileen grab the moment - we rarely get a second chance - many congrats on your win:-) hugs jan xx

Maurice Yvonne November 5, 2014 at 3:26 AM Congratulations on your win. You seized the day.

Charmaine Chircop November 3, 2014 at 5:15 AM Miss your poetry and you dear sister

Maurice Yvonne October 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM There is no moment like right now. Great write for Gina's challenge.

Casarah Nance October 29, 2014 at 6:38 AM Seize the Moment, That is wise to live by :) Hope you are enjoying all the moments you are granted, hugs and smiles :)

Poet Tacito October 24, 2014 at 9:36 AM This is precisely the declaration I make before I dive into a plate of Stuffed Shells & buttered garlic bread. True story. ;) Can't let it pass us...

Paul Callus October 23, 2014 at 4:03 PM .....also enjoyed the calm and pensive feeling that you transmit in this poem....hugs // paul Paul Callus November 5, 2014 at 12:02 PM ...back again with merited congratulations, Eileen.....paul

Paul Callus October 23, 2014 at 4:01 PM Hi Eileen..I have just been reading the poem "Virgin Snow" by our friend Timothy Hicks, where he quotes Piet Hein: "there's a lifetime in a second". And this poem of yours, referring to moments in time, goes hand in hand with it. That one second...that single moment in time, can effect our whole life. So I agree with you: seize the moment...and all else can be won! Beautiful! ...

Cherl Dunn October 21, 2014 at 9:03 PM This is such a positive work seize the world by the hands and lead us down the road of promise for the future my dear friend, everyone should follow your led on this one, cheri

Mama Bear October 21, 2014 at 12:52 PM Excellent message!! If we do not seize the moment we will forever regret it. Good luck in the contest. Hugs Edith Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:13 PM Thanks so much for your lovely visit, Mama Bear. I'm touched when you decide to pass by. Hugs! :)

Debbie Guzzi October 21, 2014 at 9:23 AM wonderful uplifting message YOU can have some control over your own destiny, every minute suggests a new path. ( watch out for the ... ) Light & Love Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 11:03 AM Debbie dearest...thank you for your lovely visit. I do like the ... Hugs! ;) I'm hopeless, I know.

Richard Lamoureux October 21, 2014 at 9:02 AM Good evening Eileen. Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 11:04 AM Hello, Richard. Hope all is well, my dear.

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty October 21, 2014 at 8:45 AM Seize the moment rather than Seize the day. Good choice. Love.))))rajat Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 11:07 AM Glad you liked this piece, Rajat. Welcome to my work. :)

Demetrios Trifiatis October 21, 2014 at 7:06 AM Deeply philosophical yet practical in application! An advise that one should keep in his heart and remember it with each heartbeat! Excellent poem! A seven from me without hesitation, dear Eileen! Good luck with the contest! To add something along your line of thought, I say this: Life is a street that at each moment there is a corner inviting us to make a choice to turn left or right or to continue our way, pending our choice our life may alter its course! Congratulations! Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:15 PM What an honor to receive a seven from you, my dear poet. You know how I value your thoughts on my work. Your praise is a crown. Your added lines, beautiful. Blessings to you.

Justin Bordner October 21, 2014 at 2:40 AM I admire the alliteration you use deftly to emphasize the pivotal moments Eileen. Your form style also makes the message incisive on my mind. You close the poem with eloquent force, reminding that courage has a consequence that can make your future victorious, in this moment and all that ensue. "Choice moments...Dense with destiny..." powerful poetry. J.A.B. Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:17 PM Alliteration...your strong point, Justin. You are rubbing off on me...I'm glad you approve of my poem. Justin...moments come along once in a lifetime...I know this. The moments you visit me...are precious. Your visits...joyful to my heart.

Timothy Hicks October 20, 2014 at 11:22 PM Wonderful poem. Wonderful state of mind. I feel like this poem itself is a moment - and it's slipping away as I'm reading it. AND ALL OTHER DAYS WILL BE WON... so if you don't seize the moment then the days are lost? Love how this makes me read between the lines. Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:23 PM The moment can come by with another read! ;) Ahhhhh...gotcha, didn't I? Lovely post. Very sweet. Thanks!!!

Gary Bateman October 20, 2014 at 10:07 PM Eileen, I forgot . . . Best of Luck in the Contest!! Cheers, Gary Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:26 PM Thanks, Gary. You are very kind!

Gary Bateman October 20, 2014 at 10:05 PM Eileen, A quite wonderful write here. Loved this one very much!! Carpe Diem indeed. A "7" for you and a FAV for me. I really liked too the flow of your imagery. Very Artfully Done!! Cheers and Spill Ink!! Gary Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:27 PM Gary. I'm so please that you would rate this poem so highly. It is very kind of you. I'm touched.

Ilene Bauer October 20, 2014 at 5:54 PM great advice, not always easy to follow! wonderful poem, eileen... Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:28 PM Yes....my dear Ilene. I'm good a giving advice, but never good with follow through. ;) Thanks for visiting.

Tim Smith October 20, 2014 at 4:48 PM Seize the moment,,,I like that...I do know the feeling of do I write her or wait but if I wait will it be too late...wonderful...hugs Tim Eileen Manassian October 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM Follow your heart, Tim. Follow your heart. Thanks for the lovely post on my poem. It is very good to have you here.

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