Moments of trickling time
Eating away at us
Our bodies aging
Becoming wrinkled
As untapped emotions
Spill forth
Creeping through the cracks
Brought on by emotions
Exposing the stress lines
In our façade
Breaking the mask
That hid the age spots
That hid the creeping wrinkles
The denial
The denial of who we are
Scrolling timelines
Searching for memories
Memories of a better time
Of a better place
Not realizing
That time
That place
Is now
This very moment
Even as life becomes painful
It’s not unbearable
It’s not a bad time
Just an off time
A time that will later
Be remembered with laughter
~
Ashley Houston
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