Time

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Way to go, Time. Do what you do best, just waste yourself away. Strangely, the pain you are capable of inflicting is easily equivalent to the joy you can potentially bring. You usher people into our lives, ever so quickly and lead them to the exit just the same. Why? Why are we so bound by you?

You can make things seem like a second or an eternity. Memories aren't an exception, in my honest opinion. Though many think that memories last forever, well maybe some do but mostly over time... Things change, feelings fade and bonds break. As much as you aren't up for it, it'll come. It'll make the most joyous of occasions feel like a nanosecond, and the hardships of life stretch for a period of God knows how long. It'll test the foundations of what you've built upon, whether it stands or topples is dependent on what lies beneath the "surface". That's usually the case anyway, I'm not in cahoots with the universe or Time in any way, for the record. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is... I hope for you, Time to work a little magic. Please let me keep the people that are about to leave longer. Slow things down like in those music videos - The Scientist, Come Back To Me, All You Wanted. Use your remote control and hit rewind, pause or replay. Either one is good with me, just not play or fast forward.

Let the nasty come and go quickly 

but let those I cherish stay longer, deeper than in my memory. 

- c h e r