Owning Now

We've got now. Here, this very moment, where each passing second belongs to us, We own it all. While the world can't spare us all her time, she's given us plenty, She's given us now. Time, blank faced, Winds down, Wears out, When it fails to fit into this exclusive existence we share. Lying as your echo, shadow, Breathing you in like the air's not enough, I am because you are, Am me for no other purpose than to share in this With you. So the well-worn, lived-in past and the who-knows tomorrow are Gone, or never were, When this second Now Is spent in your eyes, And I live to love and exist as yours.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Eastman Avatar
February 8, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Such a beautiful and creatively written poem.
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February 7, 2012 at 12:43 PM
A beautiful poem, it is a pleasure to reading it. - Anne-Lise
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