Time Is Like A River

When you stand in it, you feel every current against your skin.

When you float asleep, eyes closed —
you are still carried downstream —
but you no longer feel the water.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Hind Avatar
February 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is deep. I read it three times.
Rodrigues Avatar
February 21, 2026 at 5:42 AM
So interesting! So true..time still moves when we are sleeping…even at death
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