Time Standing Still

Time doesn’t stand still
like it used to

When we could stay with the depth of an emotion
and live in the world it was creating for us

Now life moves past too quickly
only feeling the surface of things
our cravings, desires, and longings
only lasting in short pauses

We are dismissive
of the technologies we create
in one moment wowed and in another disappointed

we build, tear-down, and rebuild relationships
as if even people can be tossed and replaced

even our belief systems don’t last
we tout the virtues of long lost ancestors
and yet capitalize on every change

I’m reminded that it’s all fleeting
that none of it matters
as one day it is all going away any way

Still, I wonder if we will hang on to enough
to actually feel something along the way

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