Today
Forget the promises of distant years, Lay down your heavy armor and your fears. I do not ask to hold the stars above, I only ask for one brief day of love. For yesterday is nothing more than air, A fading shadow that is no longer there. And tomorrow is a horizon out of reach, A silent shore beyond the ocean’s speech. So let us pause the battle and the strain, And set aside the weight of old disdain. If anger calls, then tell it wait outside, And let us softly in this hour reside. When midnight strikes, the silver clock resets, Dismissing all our longings and regrets. Yet time just spins us back to where we stay: It never grants tomorrow, only today. So hold me close before the daylight dies, And burn the future from your quiet eyes. Give me this present moment, swift and true-- For now is all I ever want with you.