Here by Carl Swafford

Here

by Carl Swafford

All alone in time

Past eternity, never to look back,

for eternity is yesterday, and yesterday

doesn't matter -

Forever and Forever never to arrive,

Forever and Forever is tomorrow, and

tomorrow never comes -

Here is where I am

Here is now, and now is forever,

and never to change.

No other people are Here

Here I am alone, alone in time, alone in loneliness

No thoughts are thoughts except my thoughts,

for I alone am Here, and Here exists only for me

Yesterday I did not think, nor will I tomorrow,

for Here is where I am, and Here is forever, and

forever I will be Here.

Here is anywhere

Anywhere in time is Here, from the birth of

eternity to the end of forever is Here

The eternity between the death of that instant

and the birth of this instant is Here

Here is anytime, but can not be tomorrow,

nor was it yesterday, for Here is forever,

and never to change.

Mind knows only one Here

Yesterday was Here, is Here, and will be

tomorrow

Here is forever, not snagged on yesterday,

nor broken by tomorrow

Here knows not birth, and death does not

live.

For Here is forever,

and forever is as long as now.