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Time

After much consideration I have decided that, Time is both longest and shortest word in the dictionary... so long, it can only be measured in digestible fragments so short, it takes only a careless moment to end two lives – My thoughts go back to your accident: How a second can sever like a scalpel, terminating the lifeline connecting two hearts with one fatal slice... (two lives with one stroke of the clock – Tick Tock) (Time, the infinite multiplier of joy and grief) I know – Suck it up! Breathe the loss in and out like Brahma! We are spiritual beings at our core; someday to meet again on a plane of restored bliss – where Time and Space give way to eternal contentment and happiness – But, “Have Faith” at the moment, seems hopelessly entangled with my hourglass of other cliches: Just in time. Out of time. In the nick of time. Time – all pasts and the future of all presents, to be managed by many, like myself, through their recurring lapses into heartfelt Limbo.

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Date: 5/21/2021 4:26:00 PM
I feel your pain in this one. You expressed your feelings in your own way and I really like how you did it. Time sure does suck!! Even more, the grief and pain that comes with age (loss of many kinds of things, not just people).
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/25/2021 10:11:00 AM
Thank you, Andrea; have a beautiful day!
Date: 5/21/2021 8:37:00 AM
I don’t think anyone can suck it up, when loss is concerned. Some never recover from heartbreak. But perhaps if time is spent getting up, moving, seeking out others or letting them find you. Time indeed can multiply joy and grief and the greater joy will be when we reunite with loved ones. (Mom died last month) sigh...
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Joe Dimino
Date: 5/25/2021 10:12:00 AM
One is forever changed, in both small and large ways. Blessings my friend!

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