Necessary (a poem)

Take a moment

hear the universe say,

you are necessary

now;

not when

     you know for sure;

not when

     you’ve finished that one task;

not when

     you are finally whole;

not when

     you have it figured out;

not when

     you meet the right person;

not when

     you grow into it;

not when

     you grow up;

not when

     you get there.

No.

You are necessary now.

Hear it.

Believe it.

Live it.

— bshivers