Jul 14, 2005 20:29
Your past is a skeleton walking one step behind you, and your future is a skeleton walking one step in front of you. Maybe you don't wear a watch, but your skeletons do, and they always know what time it is. Now, these skeletons are made of memories, dreams, and voices. They can trap you in the in between, between touching and becoming. But they are not necessarily evil, unless you let them be.
What you have to do is keep moving, keep walking in step with your skeletons. They are not ever going to leave you, so you dont have to worry about that. Your past is not going to fall behind and your futre will not get to far ahead. Some times your skeletons will talk to you and tell you to sit down and take a rest and breathe a little. Maybe they will make you promisies and tell you things that you want to hear. Sometimes your skeletons will dress up as beautiful women or men and ask you to slow dance. Sometimes your skeletons will dress up as your best friend and offer you a drink, one more for the road. Sometimes your skeletons will look exactly like your parents and offer you gifts.
But no matter what they do, keep walking, keep moving. Dont wear a watch. People never need to wear a watch because your skeletons will always remind you about the time. It is always now. That is what time is. The past, the future, all of it is wrapped up in the now. That is just how it is. We are trapped in the now.