JamesD

A Moment

To stand upon the road of time

And ponder what lay near

To bring upon the hearts desire

Lay aside the rapt and gentle fear

 

Make a step beyond the path

See the light within and grasp

Know not the hour it will arrive

Ponder quick the pass of time

 

All are given glimpses brief

Yet not the sow of life will seek

To all a fury base and proud

To give and grasp and shout aloud

 

Where not we lay to withstand dawn

To grasp and ponder quite withdrawn

Bear and wish and pray to tell

Be fraught with just and fervent quell

 

Beguile and stand at favors due

To wit an end not bearing true

Can not this heart upon me see

The fair and fragile gift to be

 

Awake we ponder life within

To naught without this fevered grin

What cruel and heartless one would be

That gives the wisp an eye to see

 

Walking weary weighted heart

To walk in brief and then depart

What glorious the idle living be

That soon departs the morning breeze

 

Oh swoon and roil the beaten heart

Within the thrum of nature be

That departs upon a twilight hour

Carried long upon the endless sea