Time
Stands still when suffering
But moves too quickly
When we are happy
A smell
Or a song
Or a memory
Can take us back in time
While anticipating the future
Takes us there
And reading
Takes us to the time
The story is set
Future or past
We have little triggers inside of us
That help us travel through time
Maybe not externally
Sure
But internally
We travel through time
Or manipulate it
Constantly
An 8 hour work day
At a job you hate
With a boss who sucks
Feels like forever
While laying in bed
With your lover
In the morning
Passes by
In a blink
Our internal
Is the main variable
With time
After all
Time is just our own invention
To measure something like progress
Or
Growth
It always only existed
Internally
Connected
Collectively
(An agreed upon delusion)
Yet still
Time lives
Internally
And
Subjectively.
Perhaps we are constantly traveling through this delusion.
-C.H.