Living in Eternity

I sit in my rocking chair, staring out into the orange ocean view

Time has aged me a day as it now ends, pulling the sun down into the sea.

It will not always be day, not always so bright.

There is no such thing as always.

All things must and will end.

But time will go on, for it is eternal.

Memories have let go of my brain,

Friendships have faded,

Suffering has vanished

And pain will end.

There will always be time.

Despite the clock stopping or the hourglass running out, days will go on, and years will pass,

Until I rot in a fertile land of uninhabited trees.

As I sit here thinking, time has passed.

I have grown, yet I am the youngest I will ever be again.

My fingers are wrinkled just a bit more from the day before,

My bones have grown sore.

The fruits on my counter have molded; maybe I have, too.

Time changes things so selfishly, yet I can’t have it to hold on to.

When the universe ends, I know that the clock will continue ticking.

I wait and let the time pass,

Letting it warp me into a figure different from now.

We don’t have an eternity,

We don’t have forever.

Thoughts gnaw at my brain as I sit and think.

Time has passed again, and the sun has now set.

I close my eyes, falling into a state of light slumber.

I shall live in eternity.

Written by Selen.