The Time Is Now

If you are ever going to love me,

love me now, while I can know

the sweet and tender feelings

which from true affection flow.



Love me now while I am living;

do not wait until I'm gone

and then have it chiseled in marble,

sweet words on ice-cold stone.



If you have tender thoughts of me,

please tell me now.

If you wait until I m sleeping, never to awaken,

there will be death between us,

and I won't hear you then.



So, if you love me, even a little bit,

let me know it while I am living,

so I can treasure it.



~Helen Steiner Rice~