Already Done: Reflections on the Inevitable

already done

A quiet meditation on memory, nostalgia, and accepting the life that has already unfolded, even when it was not the life we imagined.

there are things
not meant to be
but in reality, they are
already done

contemplating another way
free from constraints
the whole of your mind
not a piece of it

i peer back in time
reviving memories
of bliss, sadness
stirs the flashbacks

nostalgia is comforting
from this vantage point
i can see my shadow
a reason for living

so on with the present
with things not meant to be
but in reality, they are
already done.

Surreal black-and-white desert scene with melting clock, heart-shadowed figure, and floating objects.

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