I've passed my past,
My whole collapsed
Into this moment,
Now.

My days long gone,
I soldier on
With just this moment,
Now.

How can it be that all of me
Is held within a thought,
The days I've had, both good and bad
Are gone and count for nought.

So is this it?
Is this all I can be?
Is this all life had planned for me?

Am I lost in a moment where all that I was
Is what happened?  Because
If I am then the wars that I fought
Were for nought.

I am lost,
Lost in the moment and I yearn,
Yearn for a change.

All I was
Was lost in a moment and I've learned,
Learned life is strange.

Now that I'm here,
Now that I've come to this moment and found
That my life in this moment is good,
Understood, for a brief single moment,
I know that I'm here,
And I'm here for this moment of joy.

But why?

Why did it take so long?