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One second passes faster than I can blink

Yet it can linger an eternity when I’m trapped in time

Days compressed into minutes and weeks into days

All coalescing into one long unbroken stretch of time

Time is what makes all the difference in everything

It is the great equalizer in all things worldly

Whatever we feel is ours to boast of or treasure

Slowly decays into nothingness with the passage of time

Youth or beauty, charm or talent all eroded

Power or even wealth losses it’s importance in

The ruthless grind of…

होकर बे-आबरू तेरे कूचे पर
बैठा हूँ वक़्त की दहलीज़ पर

दे मुझे एक टुकड़ा बासी लम्हा
माँगता हूँ वक़्त की दहलीज़ पर

न की पहले कभी कदर तेरी
सोचता हूँ वक़्त की दहलीज़ पर

था ज़माना ठोकर में जिसके
रेंगता है वक़्त की दहलीज़ पर

गर नहीं उसके घर अंधेर अमित
मिलेगा तू वक़्त की दहलीज़ पर

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 172

Life took its first breath eons ago

traversing on its path of evolution since.

A multitude of changes ensued,

with time, the only constant.

This journey witnessed a change in man’s perception of time,

from sceptical approximations to a profound science.

With concrete theories postulated about its origin

measurement of time evolved too.

A day seemed to have a lot more time then,

relaxed carefree moments, now only a memory.

Days and years, a lose connotation of time in history,

is now dissected to milli, micro and nano seconds,

precision being paramount.

Today time’s shadow, has eclipsed man’s life.

His journey from the cradle to grave

is a constant run against the clock

that oscillates between the hanging dagger of time.

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #172 : Components of time

time ticks by second by second
flowing into the next hour
as it leads one to days
days become weeks
weeks turn into years
and years eventually become our end

every being experiences
the components of time
but will they be blessed with romance
or suffer with strife
choosing to engage heartily in joyous emotions
or be reduced to overflowing tears

will they experience all things possible
mentally, physically and emotionally
in the journey they embark on
or will their life’s moments feel like a burden
in the seconds, hours, days, weeks and years
before time has run out

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #172 – Components of Time
& Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Romance

Electrons are always moving.  They spin very quickly around the nucleus of an atom.  As the electrons zip around, they can move in any direction, as long as they stay in their shell.  Electrons can move in any direction you can imagine.  Electrons are constantly spinning in those atomic shells and those shells, or orbitals, are specific distances from the nucleus.  A guy named Schrödinger started realizing that all electrons weren’t the same and they didn’t move in the same way.  The mathematics describing the vibratory patterns that define the states of atoms in quantum mechanics is identical to that which describes the resonance of musical instruments.  Eventually it was found that all forces in nature can be classified into four types.  The gravitational force holds together the universe at large, plus the atmosphere, water, and us to the planet Earth.  The electromagnetic force governs atomic level phenomena, binding electrons…

Proud and unbending; that is me
and see how you are soaring with my support
I had been very clear from the beginning
you don’t have to be rich to be my girl
you don’t have to be cool to rule my world
but you have to be malleable to my way of thinking
had I been an emotional cesspool like you
we both would have wallowed in nothingness
It has taken me years to mould you
to change your internal wiring
and erase your history of pliancy
I don’t care if I sound immodest
that I pulled you back from the brink
of being an average, anonymous person
if you are admired today and eulogized
it is because appearances matter
they see just the surface; tranquil and beautiful
they can’t see the turbidity beneath
let’s not go there and let’s not talk of
bruised self respect and things inconsequential

My first winter away,

Away from scorching sun and light,

I oohed and aahed,

Over a flake of snow that landed on my hands,

guarded and guarded,

Lest I lost the precious one.

My first winter away,

Away from home to be with you,

I oohed and aahed,

Over your assuring charming self,

magical and magical,

To be with you.

Yet these many winters later,

You choose to be with another,

Choosing her over me,

You see my unbending self, as a streak of arrogance,

My unbending self which was a shield over you through bright spring and summers,

My unbending self which was a reassurance through cold autumns and winters.

Yet these many winters later,

You choose to be with another,

Ignoring the times I bent to take care of you,

Ignoring the times I bent myself to stand by you,

I rue not…