Through the Looking Glass

The seraphs laughed and gathered ‘round me.
Prodding me with smiles.
Minutes matter, they then said.
More so than country miles.
The time is now, and always will be,
Enjoy it while it’s here.
Do not belie what lies inside you,
Don’t mark the time in years.
Grace is fleeting, as is love,
Take it when it shows.
Live for now, that’s where you are,
Can’t take it when you go.
I didn’t like the seraphim,
Their joviality.
But when I looked into the mirror,
I saw that they were me.

Mitch Marcus