It's like meeting
a less popular school friend
and you just can't
bend your head around it
and every word
the guy speaks
places the two of you
together in the middle
of the action
to the point
that you just frankly say
I can't remember a thing
truth be told
the event was real
you just don't know
this guy from Adam.

Moments
Of a lifetime
In a lifetime
Passing
Like traffic
Blurred or sharp
Forgotten or framed
Valued
Hoarded
Lost
Over-ripened
Preserved
For a lifetime
Through a lifetime
Moments

The night has come
So the phase has shift
And in the moonlight
I feel myself drift
Out from my head
Deeper I go
Till I am out.

strange how a very real moment
later becomes a less tangible memory

time passes and our memory fails us
(what color shirt was he wearing?)

tiny little moments become representatives
for longer spans of time

a phase, or an age
comprised of only a handful of images,
plus the smell of burning candles and vanilla frosting
always plants you right in the middle of your ninth birthday party

As I peeped into the past,
which was just before me.
I was gazing at the stars, stretched to infinity
into The Night Sky!

The  tranquility of the moment flew me away,
Away from the random labyrinth of thoughts,
Thoughts, I didn't know I was ensnared into.

Absolved I am here now.

I know I am gaping at the stars which faded in the PAST,
I know I am still here, caught in the PRESENT,
I know I could not be back to the FUTURE.

Thus,
I no more exist in time, I exist in moments.
Moments I cherish,
Moments I lives,
They defy TIME,
They are MY FOREVER!