Cherish While You Have It

Cherish, while you have it.
While you hold it in your hands.
For it doesn't last forever,
And it fades away my friend...
And is lost with all the lovely things
You never thought could leave:
Who would think something so wonderful
Could ever cease to be?

Hold it in a pure embrace
And never let it go!
Though it isn't what you want, at times;
It's better than you know.
You'll have longer than you'll want, in time
To learn the lesson then—
When you're forced to live without it;
When it's time comes to an end.