Blackest night

     and things that bite,

          with scales, teeth, and claws.

`

Gone is Light.

     I cannot fight

          universal laws.

`

Lost my way

     and now I pay,

          with tears, fears, and shame.

`

Wasted day,

     the Light can't stay.

          Only self to blame.

`

Sorrow near

     and now I fear,

          will I get back home?

`

Truth I hear

     and hold it dear,

          never more to roam.

`

Back is light

     and gone is night.

          Freedom I did win.

`

Truth so bright,

     no need to fight.

          Heaven is within. 

`

If in the past you were not

     and in future shall not be.

Where then, or when,

     does that leave thee?

~

Only in the here and now

     life as it was meant to be.

Reality as it is

     not as you would like to see.

~

The past can't make you happy.

     The future won't set you free.

Only in the here and now

     shall you eternally be.

~

If in the past you are not

     and in future cannot be,

Where then, and when,

     does that leave thee?