Indian Summer Part Ii

2. Strange how the arrow of time Bears us along upon it Always moving towards some future Yet, Obedient to Zeno, Each moment is the only world we can experience directly. The sigh of your breath The touch of your hand The thought of you enduring through the day; From these I weave the tapestry that is my world. A kiss, a touch, a memory These are the bricks with which we build a life, And tell ourselves it will go on and will go on Though in the end it is a flicker in the dark, The dark that is the final face of God. And still in the end it will be enough, Because it is better to have lived and loved you Then never to have lived at all; Then never to have told the wind my secrets Then never to have dreamed Perfection, Then never to embrace my higher Self Then never to have laughed with God At His flawless Insanity.