Ah life, here with you I share all loneliness all strife

Ah life, here with you I share all loneliness all strife
Whether good, or whether ill you remain with me still
Here by my side none can shut you out

In moments of calm and moments of rage
You remain steadfast through each and every age
These moments endless time
How shall we spend them

For what was with us today
May not be tomorrow
And what trials of yesteryear
May they too often reappear

So how then to live
With trials and joys
In the same frame of time

Is all but sublime
Simply a trite frame of mind
How on earth shall we ever find
Contentment

Fulfillment in the not yet
In the possible
And yet to come

Ah these thoughts so plague in me
They soon turn numb

Yea, but here we too still remain
And so too we shall stay
For all the moments that shall pass us
Each day

Trials and treasures
Sorrows and pleasures
Moments of endless imagining
Yet still we must seek after something

Something that will give us hope
Purpose perchance to make it through each
And every moment of every day

For these are not but endless moments
Wasting away

No these are the moments of life
Each gift in kind
Whether joyous or sad

All are of the same composing
And they remain with us on the journey

So as we journey on
Moment by moment
May we measure each
For what it's worth

And strive to learn
The lessons we must learn
And share whether in trial or joy
A love a longing
For a life worth living

Full of truth
Full of passion
Full of endless
Imagining

For each day brings us closer
To the end
That is soon beginning
And to such a beginning
May we strive to find
All longing for

A world without end
Where truth
Is our greatest friend
And life
Ah life
Ne'er ceases to exist

-Joshua Lee Foist