no time to wait

There is no time to wait, no new day coming with the promise of liberation.
There is no time to wait for the right words,
no time to wait for the world to be ready.

There is no time to wait for audiences or art
No time to wait for fear to go away
No time to consider whether your actions will be right or wrong

    no time for things to be finished
    no time to wait for someone else to approve or say I love you
No time to rehearse for tommorrow

no time but imperfect now



-Jim DuBois
c1994 (originally written on the inside of old raisin boxes)

Like the Sun

I wrote a book of poetry philosophy, and will be putting up a few selections from it on this blog, but you can get a copy now:

Like the Sun

We Will Remember You

We will remember you,
said the stars and the rain

We will remember you,
said the flames of the sun

We will remember you,
said the mass of humanity.

We will place you
in our collected memories
and pass you on
    and on
        and on



-Jim DuBois
June 12, 2010

Fragments

Broken and re-formed
Like dna or atomic nuclei
Or life and death of stars


-Jim DuBois

Somebody Else

He used to be somebody else,
but he rarely remembered who,
and even then
it was more of a feeling or a dream
than a clear memory.


-Jim DuBois
May 2009