Instants

Just a single instant from my past

If I could hold it close forever

Just to make that instant last forever

I'd put the instant in a locker

within my heart's dwelling

Opening it when I want to

for it'll be me who would have the key

I'd be able to choose a time for being rhapsodic

I'd be able to choose a time for having fun
A time that tried me through everything I've done

Sitting and remembering about that instant,

which will make me smile

an instant which would push me,

to walk that extra mile

An instant to kick me out 

if I'm feeling sad and depressed

I'd just go to the locker

and watch my instant through.

There are instants which I can think of

There are instants which I cannot forget

Instants that would lift my emotions every single time

Instants which I gathered when there was an uphill battle

when the road was hard to climb.

I've gathered up a heap instead

Picking up that one instant 

to cherish, smile and save

is a really difficult task

Digging deep within

unearthing a treasure chest

discovering instants to cherish it had preserved

Still possessing the space for hundreds more. 

With an ambition to build a library

I dig deeper and deeper

For all the moments I've spent with you

It'll be a promise

that I'll never forget you..

Like a record, I can pick it up whenever I feel ike

set it in the player 
watch it through with my eyes closed