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All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. (James Thurber)
Time. I’ve tried to wrap it in boxes
tied it with ribbon,
then attempted to
bind an hour with duct tape.
I’ve balanced on one leg,
kicked through water
and pretened strength could be
my master over the inevitable.
Hurry through tasks, I say,
beat the clock, and then tell
exhaustion it doesn’t exist.
This moment—I’ve claimed it,
but held on longer than night and day allows.
Perfection. It doesn’t exist.
The whole of being can’t be
grasped, owned and hugged
as if it were a teddy bear.
I smile at a stranger. She smiles back.
The moment is neither longer nor shorter.
And yet its presence feels stronger.
No eternal answers
and yet, we instead of I,
a recognition of companionship
in a world that doesn't need
to be one-hundred percent struggle,
adds running-with instead of fighting-alone.
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