On things fast approaching

On things fast approaching
While time is fast encroaching
All once anticipated
Tis now near its end

For what can we know
Of what may come
While we await
The world ahead seems
Great

All too oft the future we long
Yet forget the present near gone
That fading mist may pass us by
Before we know

So what to the now that remains
And the moments that may be
Wait and see shall wait
Shall we

Before they too shall flee
What shall we
Where will we
When such moments
Pass us by

May we rich
And full
Dwell them in
Before they yet
Are no more

-Joshua Lee Foist