Reinventing Time



Knowledge of the future
memories of the past
Caught within a final vacuum
dissipating fast

Wanton disbelieving
 eyes are liars still
Perception changed then rearranged
sensation thrice distilled

The philosophy of physics
 logicians burn and melt
Time but smirks as gravity flirts
 judgment prior dealt

Memories of the future
knowledge of the past
Once you slow the ebb and flow
— the moment is recast

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 03, 2024

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Scheme ABXB XXXX XCXC ABXB X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 438
Words 76
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

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  • bjotap21
    Simply amazing absolutely love this
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