Ephemeral

Short is the vapor and soon is it gone
And seldom its absence be note
For pre-state and post-state they are both the same
But little of it's e'er wrote

And all that's so short just to be forgot
For why is the short never seen
And quick as a flash and it's gone form the mind
To see it you have to be keen

But why is it short for someone to see
Whose job is it to decide
For factor compared to standard unknown
What other is so short beside

When all's taken in then nothing has length
Everything can be whispered away
For all that we live it stays vanity
For what can we live day by day

But greatest of all is too littlest
All that we see will be gone
Of our life, of the earth, is none substantial
It will all pass before dawn

But One we can't see and He's not applied
Nothing He does is not long
The Creator of all will always be
Through Him we can never be wrong

-Keith Smithson-