Scenes shift Images bleed through Forces push and pull Illusions of consistency Fluidity Normalcy All illusions - Eternally Persistence with elegance Without fear Without want Without trappings of those who haunt Unrelentingly - tides flow Unforgivingly - matter slows But water flows around matter And air passes at will through time So might we be Throughout our lives? Despite the irrelevance In spite of the pain The cycle continues Again and again and again... Rise above and strain to reach The air is thin but thoughts are clear Just take comfort and have no fear... And always wade forward through matter And backwards through time