Day12: Moments

This was written on Sunday (last night), but not posted until today (Monday), because I had to leave the house for the night, right before I was about to type it up and post it. It's kind of corny, as is the one I wrote this morning, but I've got life and death on the brain, and for some reason when you have life and death on the brain, it's really, really hard not to get corny.

Moments
By Batsheva 12/13/09

One moment you're here
The next you're gone
Never to see
Another dawn,
And whatever it was
You were planning to do
Can never, ever be done
By you.

The sight of a rainbow
The scent of a rose
The taste of champagne
As it tickles your nose
The sound of the ocean
The laugh of a child
A cool summer wind
Blowing free and wild

These everyday moments
Of joy and peace
Come to an end
When you're deceased.

So treasure them now
Please don't delay
Do whatever you can
Today.

Just live each moment
And celebrate
Don't let yourself
Procrastinate.

Then when the day comes
That your time is up
You can go knowing
You filled your cup.