Will We Still Be Here Tomorrow?

'Will We Still Be Here Tomorrow?' is a collection of poems and meditations by Ford Turrell. This book is aimed at children between the ages of 12 and 18. At 86 pages, this is a fairly short collection of poems.

As I read through the poems and meditations, I highlighted the titles of those I especially liked. Here is a list of those I highlighted:

• Stardust

• Resolutions

• Rainy Seasons

• What If...

• Blue Sky

• Your Own Mind

• Lab

• As It Should

• Ancestors

• Rituals

• Catching Up

• Light Years

• You Have No Flaws

• Bigger Boat

• Til Your Ship Comes In

• Death Weather

• Be-longing

• Symphony of Tears

• Models

• Tell the Truth

• Keep Pulling

The poem that I've chosen to share is 'Til Your Ship Comes In' because I believe we can all relate to it.

Til Your Ship Comes In

While you were waiting

for your ship to come in,

for your dear (blank) to come along,

for more money,

for a bigger, better (blank),

for your pain to subside,

for your depression to ebb,

your resentments to weaken,

and your karma to catch up:

the dishes and laundry have piled up,

the garden soil has been depleted,

the dog has gotten old,

your friends have moved away,

your children have grown and left home,

your eyes have drooped,

your skin has wrinkled,

your hair has greyed.

Yet, here you stand —

your hill to die on

nothing but a dream lurking elusively

beyond the horizon.

And while you've been lost in

watching for even the slightest flicker of

motion,

your real life, this ordinary life filled with

ordinary moments of

joy, and sadness, and fear, and pain, and

laughter, and love

has sailed right by.

This is a book I would recommend.