Another already answered prompt forcing me to pick one of the things from my drafts…!
Do you feel the time speeding up too…?
I’d like to call this concept,
The “Quickening”
Let me check if this is real word or not;
(Yes it is a real word, but it just means that the first motion that a foetus in the uterus makes, nothing else than that…)
Do you feel that the world is moving quicker than it was before?
Or
The passage of time has blemished, and in the matter of the few moments maybe hours pass away…
Maybe when you’re watching reels or doing something that you love; the time feels like it going by real fast…!
I’ve met people who believe that the year 2020 and 2021 didn’t happen(maybe be of corona virus and it’s spread);
But, even if we were away from work or detached in the form that doesn’t make any sense…!
Some believe they are getting older at a pace that they can’t believe is true…!
One of those is my friend who says nothing seems fun anymore, the lifestyle is the same and things have gotten expensive exponentially and the magic that we had in our childhood is long gone…!
He told to me something I didn’t recognise until it was too late for me,
Maybe you didn’t too;
But the clouds were blue and peaceful,
And the sunlight was bright and yellow;
The moon was merciful, and it brought me peace earlier….;
Now the clouds are grey, the sun is white, and the moon signifies longing more than the eternal peace…!
He once told me that he’s afraid of dying,
But death, that’s enticing because it means a sweet release;
And when I tried to correct him by saying that both of them are same;
He said that death as an achievement would be a sweet release,
But the actual process of dying like being dependent on someone to take care of you or fighting an illness until the very end-—
Where you become miserable and dependent on those who are around you and they too become tired of you after a while…;
That’s why the process of dying is scary,
But death seems a sweet embrace…
And when our conversation came to an end, and I drove back home,
I realised what he meant by that,
The instant release from all the mess makes it very appealing,
But the consequence of not crossing the bridge instantly means that someone becomes your caretaker,
And when that happens and you see and feel yourself that you have become miserable,
That feeling can’t be shaken off…!
A thought called Time Quickening…!
Cheers 🥂
Love Waakiye 🤍
Waakiye 