Always Surprised

Sometimes it all comes together.
Just the right time. Just the right place.
Room to stop and capture it.
I am always surprised.

Sometimes it all comes together.
The right person at the right time.
Room in your life for each other.
I am, yes, always surprised.

Sometimes, it all comes undone.
Needs diverge. Change happens,
but not together.
Somehow, blind as I am, I am always surprised.

It’s a waiting game this life.
Never mind my plans and work,
in the end, fate and God have their way
and I am always surprised.

And so I live. Ready. Prepared.
Hopeful. Eyes open and surveying the landscape.
Always ready to dance, or mourn,
always on the edge of surprise.

About this poem

I am astonished sometimes how many things have come together, unexpected convergences, to make my life.

The picture was taken not far from my home. Dumb luck on the timing. Dumb luck has brought me faith, work and love over a lifetime. I’ll take it.

Tom