My present to you
Now, we all know there is a past,
but what we tend to overlook is
it can only be observed from the present,
or in hindsight
The same goes for the future
It can only be imagined
or extrapolated from the present
with a bit of foresight of course
Which leads to a curious question,
Is the present where everything begins?
Sounds ridiculous and counterintuitive
because Yesterday was yesterday,
and tomorrow will be tomorrow
And honestly I agree,
but only when viewed from today
All right, let’s scale this up a little
Let’s go all the way back
not to the Big Bang or creation
or any of that mad stuff,
I mean way before,
to the moment something, anything,
first came to be
Where did that absolute point extend from?
I promise,
I’ll get to that presently
But first, let’s jump ahead
way ahead into the future
To the end of all ends
the point where nothing else can come after,
Yeah that should be far enough
Okay, back to my promise
to explain the point where
everything starts and ends
Well it should be pretty obvious by now,
Everything starts in its own present.
The past was full of presents
the future will be too
And the most important part
you/me as conscious observers
bridge it all together
with our perception of present time
So there you have it,
Infinity and eternity
once thought to be endless
and originless all explained
in one fell swoop,
by some guy with a
very questionable imagination
By now it’s quite possible
or highly likely you’re thinking
Come on! I wasn’t born yesterday!
and that’s ok
Because I might die tomorrow
and still command the centre of attention
present starts and ends
our future only extends
whilst the past depends
By
David Kavanagh
Copyright © David Kavanagh | Year Posted 2025
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