All Is Leased

The oxygen in my lungs is not mine to keep

The blood flowing through my veins is not mine to keep

The thoughts that fill my mind

Constructing words

Composing poems

Delivering meaning

To this world

Is not mine to keep

All is leased

This space

This body

This being

Belongs to an expanding universe

I am merely mortal

Passing through

Giving

Taking

Simply borrowing

I can never reclaim what has been lost in time

Nor can I claim what is coming tomorrow

Yet I dispose moments as if they were mine to keep forever