THE NOW:

Living in the past of what was had,

Of what was good & what was bad,

All memories recalled, then duly sieved,

Of what came to pass & what was lived,

But past´s disappeared & now long gone,

Mistakes confessed in prayers & hymnal song.

 

The future, as yet in this life, does not exist,

It´s just a mirage, in hazy far distant mists,

Merely tomorrow´s plans of desired dreams,

Of what is yet to come & of best laid schemes,

A place where one needs to go & wants to see,

The vision of the better person we want to be.

 

There is no future, no past, there´s only now,

No “What if´s, Why´s”, not even lost “How´s”,

It´s the hour, minute, very second of this day,

There´s no alternative & there´s no other way,

It´s only with each soft & small intake of breath,

That takes us, step by step to our imminent death.