One Moment

we are here
but for a moment,
to feel alive,
in the faint flicker
of a firefly,
on a dark night,
and yet,
we stretch that one moment
for as long as we possibly can,
so drops grow into orbs,
circling the lost moon
feverishly,
on a cold dark night;
we fall and we rise,
we fight and we make love,
we rage and we preach,
all for that one moment
of life,
before we die.