Just passing by

Light teases flirting shadows He knows they are in his mercies He will rule them, he will determine their fate He can swallow them in his might But they are of shadowed minds They do not know the hour or day When night comes to suck them away Blend them into darkness Who shall open our eyes to see That we are just passing by We are shadow, we are night Soon to disappear at the turn of time The moment fades into memories The curtain flaps and life closes Another is gone And I wonder Did he get a chance to say goodbye, I'm sorry, I love you? Was he accorded a chance to catch a glimpse of the life behind Lovers come, lovers gone, the bittersweet? He used to walk with a bounce and swag But it is all sand and dust now Life is but an escaping breath Who can hold it in when it's time has come? Who can tarry the call when it rings in the soul? And yet we often forget That we are just passing by Fluttering candles in the wind Whose light will soon snuff out And we passing by Will soon pass on To our lasting gloom or glory