Let it All Remain This Way

The sun still shines and tides rise and ebb
And the moon be still as bright
And the hands of time still intercept
Shadows still lurk in the dark of night

Yet the sculptor has laid down his tools
Cleared the table, packed up the clay
The film still reels from giant spools
Scenes that play on day by day

The lights must dim and the heart does pause
And whispering winds must fade
And sentences draw to an end, because
All must unmake all that once was made

Let not tomorrow change the future
Let me live in the glory of today
Let death be a word unspoken
Let it all remain this way.

1999