Life
To count all the stars sat
Youth indefatigable
Who boasted of vigor
And age who'd be able
With wisdom to count quicker.

Much before the figure was got at
The day descried
Them and hid the night
Though together they tried
In vain was all their might

All was useless strife
A wastage of precious hours
Why then speculate on life
Or try to count the stars?

Today
Today turns yesterday
Never tomorrow

Think not of long gone kindness
Nor future's sorrow
Praise not youth
Nor condemn age
Nor let the winds of false concern
Arise for life your rage

Praise today
Fill it with joy
Thinks less of tomorrow
It always turns today

But today
Turns yesterday
Never tomorrow

The Unfulfilled Moment

At the end came the beginning
and I was left to stare

To realize that worldliness was apparent and success unreal
And all that remained to contend with
Was the end
And that was the beginning..

When it came close I found myself restful
Longing for the peace it brought
When it came closer
I reclined to welcome it

But as I lay
I couldn't shut my eyes
For there was no bed
No music, no peace
Instead there was that unfulfilled moment
So long ago
And I ran to fill it as I had dreamed
So long ago...

That was the beginning
And it came at the end.