Savor

Isn’t that a pretty word?

It makes me think of golden sunlight

and Sunday morning’s

and my favorite book

and laughing in the kitchen

and birds chirping in the morning

and crickets singing in the dead of night.

And when I think of the word “savor”

I try to relish the small details

because those are what I end up remembering

because time is moving too quickly

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because the world is passing me by

Where’d all the time go?

it’s slipping into the night above me

and no matter how much I try to “reach for the stars”

the sky is always just too high

But then I have to remember

that to savor something is to enjoy it

not to miss it prematurely

Remember that I should enjoy things while they last

not because they’ll be gone,

but because they’re here

I choose to live in the moment

I choose to savor.