What Remains (Kathleen)

What Remains (Kathleen) lyrics by Kathleen & ChatGPT image from Pinterest music by Suno AI What Remains (Kathleen) We gather bright and passing things Like shells beside the tide Moments lit with borrowed colors That can’t remain, though they can shine A song, a touch, a summer table Laughter moving through the air Beautiful because it’s fleeting Not because it stays there And every pleasure has a shoreline Where the water folds away But love moves deeper than the moment Joy outlives the form There’s a fire beneath the weather Unafraid of any storm Let the temporary teach you What it never meant to be A passing window into something That was always underneath Sweetness disappears while tasting Even while it’s understood Every perfect evening leaning Toward the end it always could Still we shouldn’t turn against it Or pretend it has no worth Temporary things can guide us Toward what doesn’t leave the earth Every limit casts a shadow That can help define the light And love moves deeper than the moment Joy outlives the form There’s a current underneath us Quietly carrying on Let the temporary teach you What it cannot fully hold A glimpse of something greater Moving gently through the world A glass can hold the water briefly Then return itself to air A flower opens for a morning Then leaves fragrance everywhere Maybe pleasure is a language Not a home we’re meant to keep Just a series of small reflections Of a joy that runs more deep Nothing passing is the enemy Nothing fading is a flaw The problem comes when we ask endings To become eternal law When we cling to what is changing Like it’s all there is to find We forget the quieter presence Waiting underneath the mind So let the music have its ending Let the sunset lose its flame Let the sweetness be a teacher Not a thing we have to chain There’s a love that doesn’t vanish When the moment moves along And every temporary beauty Can help lead us toward that song Love moves deeper than the moment Joy outlives the form Not erased by time or weather Not abandoned when transformed Let the temporary bless you Let it open what you see Every fleeting thing can point us Toward what always is and will be Passing light. Steady flame. One reveals. One remains.