Fleeting Hope Eternal

She enters the room as only a moment,

Never staying very long.

It's that moment eternal,

Where the Lord provides His song.

Though every time she enters

She brings hope through my door,

I have to push back the knowledge

She will be leaving soon once more.

But it is that moment eternal

That my heart finds reason to beat.

That precious scant few minutes

Giving me reason to breath and eat.

I long ago lost all my chances

To have her stay next to me.

I destroyed what trust there was

And all far too easily.

So, I am grateful for those moments

With which she now graces me.

Moments I hold in my heart and mind,

Now and eternally