Do Not Wait
Poem by Rachel Joy Welcher
DO NOT WAIT
Do not wait to rejoice.
Rachel Joy Welcher, Sometimes Women Lie About Being Okay
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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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