Then was now before

THEN WAS NOW BEFORE frozen jars

If now is now, and then is then, And then was now before Why can’t it just be then again, Or now for moments more?

I miss the then - the now that was The then, that is, of now And want the now that was because It passed too fast, and how(?!)

So take your then and think again, And now your thens will be For then your now’s a then and then Your then’s a now, you see?