Mind pierces time
like a javeline through
a one-hundred dollar bill!

I can calmly explain
all I want
how I see
what I see.

But until our time
catches up to you
the words you just read
have evaporated from the page.

It's the moment you realize
our lives are constantly flashing before our eyes
as we're always a second closer to dying.
It's why we can see so far into the night
for those willing to traverse the harsh--
frigid cave of ancient words frozen in ice.