“You can never step into the same river; for new waters are always flowing on to you.”
Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greek philosopher 540-480BC)
It may look the same, feel the same, flow in the same direction and even smell the same.
It is not.
The sun and earth slant differently.
Time itself has moved on.
It may seem as if life is cyclical, yet until life ceases, the circle is not complete.
A different wind ripples the water in another way, even if only slightly.
A sound stirs the air above and the water changes.
Fear not that one life is the same as another.
You and I, him and her, it and they—
We all make the difference no matter how minute.
You are not lost.
It may look the same, feel the same, flow in the same direction and even smell the same.
It is not.
Donna- this is so beautiful and something I've been thinking about too but you expressed it with such economy of tought
ReplyDeleteThanks so very much Sue. That means a lot.
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