If I could Live Throughout all Time

If I could live throughout all time

I’d watch the oceans rise and fall

And countless moments could be mine

To walk the world, and touch it all

So sure I’d be that I would stay

I’d never fear the things to come

As each new moment passed away

I’d know the race had just begun

Fear would never grip me

Of doubt there would be none

There’d always be another day

To do the thing that must be done

But time grants no such privilege

With her weight she crushes all

And leaves us naught but crumbling dust

Like leaves we all will fall

And once your hour upon the stage

Has past and you have lost

The moments that life gave to you

Will you wonder at the cost?

What would you pay to have them back?

To touch again that day

When in your youth the dreams you dreamed

Were but a fleeting step away

I wonder if I’d do different

Or still be just be the same

Nothing stops me even now

From playing in that game

But I suppose I’m who I am

A wanderer and I’m lost

If only I were infinite

I’d need not fear the cost.

~ Ceridon Dalkorith

October 16, 2011