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A WINDOW OF TIME

YOU PEER THROUGH THE WINDOW IN SEARCH OF DIRECTION. ALL YOU SEE, IS YOUR OWN REFLECTION. WITH A ONE WAY GLASS YOU HAVE LIMITED SELECTION. THEY'RE TWO SIDES TO A WINDOW , TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO NOW YOU HAVE , TWO DIFFERENT SELECTIONS. THE QUESTION IS , ARE THERE 2 DIFFERENT REFLECTIONS ? INSIDE OUT , AND OUTSIDE IN . THE QUESTION NOW , WHERE TO BEGIN ? WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE , WE LOOK BACK IN THE PAST NEITHER MOMENT , SEEMS TO LAST. BETWEEN TEN FIFTY NINE AND ELEVEN O ONE , A MOMENT ARRIVES AND THEN IT'S ALL DONE. FOR SIXTY WHOLE SECONDS , IT'S A POINT OF VIEW. MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHERE ARE YOU.? ARE YOU IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT ? OR IN BACK OF THE WINDOW LOOKING IN ? THE QUESTION REMAINS WHERE TO BEGIN.? IF TIME MOVES FORWARD , IT MUST ALSO MOVE BACK. MOVING THROUGH TIME , WE MUST TIMELY KEEP TRACK. IF IT HAPPENS BEFORE , IT MUST HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW I'M WAITING , FOR THAT MOMENT AGAIN. BETWEEN TEN FIFTY NINE AND ELEVEN O ONE THE MOMENT ARRIVES AND TIME HAS BEGUN. A LIFETIME OF CHANGES , IN THAT ONE MINUTE OF TIME. LOOKING OUT , FROM WITHIN SIDE THE MIND. EACH SIDE OF THE GLASS , GIVE EQUAL REFLECTIONS , IN BETWEEN , ARE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS . PASSING THROUGH TIME , IS LIKE PASSING THROUGH GLASS. WHAT GOES ON IN THE FUTURE , BEGINS IN THE PAST. EVERY INSTANT HAS A REFLECTION AS IT TRAVELS IN TIME , IN EVERY DIRECTION EVERY DIRECTION RADIATES TIME MORE THAN ENOUGH TO ABSORB WITH THE MIND. EVERY MOMENT IS A CREATION OF TIME. PEERING OUT FROM INSIDE THE MIND EVERY MIND , HAS A UNIVERSAL CONNECTION , PUPOSELY SEEN , IN OUR OWN REFLECTION. Michael E.Harris 06232024

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