Nothing is Forever
No matter how I wish
Time will not stop
Not halt its flowing
To pacify me.
Nothing is forever
Is what it reminds me.
Just keep moving,
One foot before the other
Till one day
I’ll open my eyes and a hundred
Tomorrows will have
Turned into a hundred
Yesterdays.
Even if I stop
Keep both feet still
The earth, time
It won’t wait
Things will move around me
I’ll be a rock in the flow
Of all the rest,
Which as the water, will
Flow around, ignoring the stillness.
Stopping leaves me far behind
Not helping, or easing pain
It just leaves me behind.
But how to move,
When moving seems so hard
So antithetical?
One foot, reminds the river,
One breath reminds time.
I take one breath
Followed by another
Then move one foot
And then the other
Then I’m breathing and walking.
Nothing is forever,
Pain and fear of now
Fade into the past.
New replaces old
New replaced with newer.
As spring is in bloom and the weather gets warmer I can’t help but be reminded that nothing lasts forever. That even the coldest, darkest winter will eventually turn into spring. While it can be helpful to remember that things I perceive as “bad” don’t last forever, it is also beneficial to remember that even the things I perceive as “good” also don’t last forever. That everything changes and cycles back around. The most important aspect to learn is letting go and not attaching.
What reminds you that nothing lasts forever?
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