Do Not Wait

Poem by Rachel Joy Welcher

DO NOT WAIT

Do not wait to rejoice.

Do not wait to enjoy.

Do not save and save

and forget to spend yourself

walking up a tall hill just for

the view. Do not say:

"When it is quiet, I will...."

Find the quiet. Chase it.

Walk to where the quiet lives,

and pray while watching a bird

hop on the ground. Do not worry

about bringing a pen

or taking a picture.

It is meant to be fleeting,

a vapor, a brief moment

to reintroduce yourself to God.

Rachel Joy Welcher, Sometimes Women Lie About Being Okay

about the author

Rachel Joy Welcher

Rachel Joy Welcher is a poet and author living in South Dakota with her husband, Pastor Evan Welcher, and their longed-for daughter, Hildegaard. Rachel works as an editor at Fathom Magazine and Lexham Press and received her Master of Letters in theology from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of four books: "Blue Tarp" (Finishing Line Press, 2016), "Two Funerals, Then Easter" (Dustlings Press, 2018), "Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality" (InterVarsity Press, 2020), and "Sometimes Women Lie About Being Okay" (Dustlings Press, 2022).

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