These Days Are

Listen

This time is so brief

Briefer than we can imagine

Briefer than we will believe

Don't be afraid

Be fearless in thought

and action

We only ever come

this way once

Take in the sights

Feel the warmth 

of a summer day

See the green 

spring forth

from dead branches

Watch the ocean

from the shore

Make those you love smile

Oh these days

these days are for living

these days are falling leaves

scattering on the ground