Sometimes, by Sue Norvell

Sometimes there is no later
   I can't think about it now
   I can't do it just this second
I'll wait until the time is right

But sometimes there is no right time
   While waiting for the moment
   Waiting for perfection
Waiting for the urgency

For energy, or inspiration which
   may never come, a space slips in —

Easier to hesitate, to discuss, to defer, delay
But sometimes there is no later

Unlike our childhood games
There are no do-overs to fill the void

Inspired by this line from the poem I Go Back to the House For a Book, by Billy Collins: "a space that will now continue for the rest of my life"