A MOMENT

~so little time left even if there is more than this moment~

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While all those other moments melted into the soup pot of years

I marched to the tick of many clocks

was trampled in the hours

became a survivor of other people's time.

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Old didn't even feel mandatory

I saw millions of moments in the future

~but~

the reflection of me in the mirror was growing dim

(it didn't look like it was DYING though).

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Death was not even a word in my vocabulary

(except for goldfish or a plant that I didn't take care of)

until my heart stopped beating, until my lungs stopped breathing

until I would become ashes in a moment.

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But for a momentary glimpse into the eyes of life

but for one faint heartbeat

but for one gasp of breath

I would have ceased to exist.

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~live for a moment~