TORCHED: Some fugitive words Time works on each of us as we're gradually reduced to ash So enjoy life's charade yet remember how quickly it fades! Sooner or later each drama ends as other unseen plots yet begin Know from the start every script is dust – what's called "life" is but a spurious fiction Is there any question? Anya: This guy sounds disenchanted. Carlos: Well, don't all dreams get broken eventually? Devani: Yes, but isn't that how it should be? Human dreams are essentially sand. Brice: I dunno. Some seem like stone. ===================================================================================== from POEATIONS: Explorations in meta-poetry by T Newfields Summary: Some thoughts about how time turns all living things into dust. Keywords: time, evanescence, transitoriness, fleetingness, Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1997 in Shizuoka, Japan ☆ Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/tree.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/Poeations/michel.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/**.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/quemadas.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/**.htm Poeations/torched.htm