Slow Down, Time

Time!

 

I wonder how briskly you fly.

Seems just yesterday when lips would part to breathe in the circles of smoke from your cigarette.

Seems just yesterday when our fingers would intertwine, as conversations would grow impassioned.

Seems just yesterday when we would scare each other off in the pervading darkness.

 

I wonder how you transcend to make the dawn succumb to dusk.

Seems just yesterday when something spoke to me in the dead silence of the night. Hallucinations.

Seems just yesterday when I would find ways to escape from reality. Escapist.

Seems just yesterday when I would mourn over the bluish scars on my neck. Pain.






I wonder how you make the waves kiss the sand.

Seems just yesterday when I would fall for those white blossoms.

Seems just yesterday when you would hold my hand as I tremble while making a conversation with my therapist.

Seems just yesterday when my heart would thud harder, waiting for the grey ticks to turn blue.

I wonder how you dissolve like a mirage.

 

Time.

I hold you in “forever” and “almost”.

I comprehend you in every small actions.

 

Time.

I wonder how briskly you fly.




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