For the Moment

If the beauty of a summer's day
Must perish and be cast away
By a single stroke of time
As it goes racing, rolling by

Then surely life may change as well
The tides of foam and ocean swells
Cannot be fixed-roam free and strong
As so they sing their spirit's song

So how much more must any soul
That longs to prance down this journey's road
Change and shift to match the pace
Of everything else in this frenzied race

Even stillness has a buz behind it
Even silence has a ring within
A raindrop only lives to fall
A tree, though still, grows up so tall

The wintry wind that blows the snow
In billows over drifts of white
The silv'ry sheen of glowing moonlight
So quickly they both fade, fade away

A rainbow lasts for just one moment
The heartbeat within your chest
Never stops nor comes to rest
The ground is spinning around a burning ball of fire

Can we change as we must?
Can mankind ever learn to trust?
Let die yesterday and give birth to tomorrow
Become who we must be
For the single moment we have to be