A second is all I have,
or an instant, you might call it,
a moment known as ‘now’
in which to live and to love.
I am aware of Eternity,
although I do not see it
nor does it let itself be touched.
One day I will depart, a trace of me will stand,
not for too long, only for a little while.
Because even the deepest mark
will be undone by the wave of Time.
Although now I have this second,
A Second by Chema Sanz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.