The Time is Now
If you are going to love me, love me now,
while I can know the sweet and tender feelings,
which from true emotion flow.
Love me now, while I am living,
do not wait till I am gone and then
Have it chiseled into marble,
sweet words on ice-cold stone.
If you have tender thoughts of me, tell me now.
If you wait until I am sleeping,
never to awaken,
there will be death between us,
and I will not hear them.
So if you love me even a little bit,
let me know while I am living,
so I can treasure it.