here and now

i lost my focus, by the way
i lost it sometime yesterday

i lost a sticker and a shoe
i lost what i meant to say to you

valiant efforts to cope were made
like cooling off within the shade

i wrote it down and sent it off
i sloughed it like a nasty cough

i drank some tea, i drank some juice
i drank to keep my spirits loose

not abstinence but moderation
a gentle side of concentration

i thought of love and great persistence
i thought of a miraculous existence

on display, my fragility
as if to say, please shatter shelter me

but remember this, above it all
like the greatest nature's call

all that is is here and now
you'll make it through this life somehow