change is motion, moment by moment
all eternity dependent upon you
memory hinges upon one moment
un-tameable. moments. unapologetic.
passing you by, sometimes speeding
they don’t look back for you or cry
as you cry for them, needing
traces of time streak down your face
knowledge is motion. moment by moment
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and that’s where I caught the moon singing at me.
and that’s where I caught freedom
waiting for me like a lilac.I ended thought, and I ended story.
I stopped designing, and arguing,
and sculpting a happy life.I didn’t die. I didn’t turn to dust.
and made a calm lake inside me
where the water was clear
and sourced and still.
I had something to give them, and
it offered them a soft road out of pain.
this was it. The quiet power.I could give something mighty, lasting,
that stopped the wheels of chaos,
keeping the water rich and deep
keeping a bench for you to visit.”~Tara Sophia Mohr from
Your Other Names: Poems
An Essay Concerning Time Perspectives
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”
Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
The problem arises in almost every Western society and it is one that will hinder many people’s abilities in life; that is how we are foolish with our time. In this essay concerning the perspective of time, I hope to explore and shed a light on how we, as humans behave and act in accordance to our beliefs about time. For instance, most men believe that they can get much more done in a week than they possibly can and much less done in a year. As we explore the idea of time perspectives, I hope to make it clear how we, as humans waste so much time on this planet, not only on trying to acquire certain superfluous belongings, but also on activities that do nothing but ruin our wellbeing……..
Fiery K. Tarot 