TSL prompt for April 25th given by Asha G Kumar
A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu or Elastic time.
1.Past
Memories that are
drowning; water
The mirage was land
No oasis, no island in the stream:
My sad story-endings.
2. Present
It does not exist
she said,
the present
Her legs opening and shutting
I remembered
Twain
A girl opens her legs to catch a ball thrown at her
As she wears a...
well, sari in this case...
A boy claps his legs shut
to not let it drop
Awareness in, of the present, as Alan Watts said
was the only thing there was or is
Or no present, as she confidently asserted?
Who was right...
she or me?
It was never solved
The question has never been solved
It IS unsolved
Present continuous, still tense.
3. THE FUTURE
We always misunderstood each other
Or I did
Should I get back in touch?
After such rudeness (mine to her), what forgiveness?
Did she deserve it?
There is no future
There was no present
according to her
And
Maybe
there was no past, either
Only an illusion
a trick of the memory
a shadow that falls across the light
in rogue moments
speaking as if it had existed
and extends into the present
a dream child of a future: that
was, is, and will be
world without end
Amen
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