Changes

Time flows,
from millisecond
    to second,
from minute
    to hour,
from day
    to year.

There's
no stopping Time,
    it runs 
       along side of us,
    when we're awake 
                or sleeping,
    in parallel, 
    it moves constantly.

We can
waste time or use it.
Changes occur
     each and every moment.
Some we accept
     and are ready for,
others, we detest
     and barely survive.

They all
bring a price,
these Changes.
There's nowhere
    to run, to hide
as they always find us,
    and force us to pay,
pay whatever price they charge.

Oh how I wish
I had a crystal ball
which told me ahead of time
what Changes are coming,
when to expect them,
how to deal with them
and their cost
    in terms 
    of blood, sweat and tears.

Some Changes
    are for the better,
bringing with them
    strength, joy and love.
Others take things away
    and for those,
I need to know how to cope
with whatever has been lost.

How do any of us 
    go onward
    into tomorrow,
    how do we keep living successfully
in the face of continual Changes?

A question for the Ages,
    a quandary for my simple mind.

Perhaps I wouldn't have 
    stayed sane
if I had known beforehand 
    the what, where, when, why and how
of all the Changes 
    interwoven
    throughout my life.

Time
flowing,
from millisecond
    to second,
from minute
    to hour,
from day
    to year...

continuously
along with
all of Life's
Changes.

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