The Pause...

There is a pause between words in

The conversation, a pause between

Thoughts spun in the brain.

There is a pause between notes in

Beethoven’s musical score, a pause

Before the engine ignites,

Before the toddler takes her next step.

There is a pause in mid-air flight before

The crow’s next flapping

Of its wings, a pause in the speech to

Emphasize some meaning presented

Before or after, a pause

Between heartbeats. There is a sudden

Stillness, the wind hushes, limbs hang

Motionless, clouds freeze

In place just before the storm. There is

A pause between loss and the shedding

Of tears, a hush before

The blinking of an eye, a split second,

A timed delay between on your mark,

Set...go. Even the sun

Hesitates briefly before the break of day.

We tend to pause ever so slightly before

Saying, “Well, maybe…

Someday.” Pay attention, my friends, to

The calculation, the precise and concise

Placement of the pause.

What follows may just amaze. Be ready.

The pause...it’s woven into the fabric of

Each and every day.

Chris Hanch  2-1-17