Today

Shush, beauty, we can worry on the morrow's turn.
Tonight, let us dream! Let us dance and love
And carry on gaily. Let us love and let us be--
For we can consider heavy things after the long night.

For now I ask for happiness and light kisses.
I can understand your worry, but I beg,
Toss it away and find me in its place. Worry
Will do nothing for us in the end--after I have gone.

Some will cry over a loss that has not yet occurred,
But you and I still have each other and time!
Why cry now? Why live for a bleak future? Instead,
Love me today and miss me when I've gone from this sphere.

I love still. I want still. I live still...
Do not seek to change these facts by dreading my sure demise.
It will come, dear, and I will miss you terribly, but
For now... I'm here. Use this time for love, not worry.

--C.R.E.