Time: & Other Things That Aren't Enough

Free Verse Poem by J. Iner Souster

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Certain things, like time, 
are never enough. This question 
strikes at the heart of anguish
yet it escapes the prying lenses
of forever, longing for it to end.
We continue to leave 
ourselves open, reinforcing 
the painful implications 
as the weary flow of time fills the abyss
The vast expanse of ages 
courses like water 
as we sail away in defeat. For every moment, 
we stare out, complacent
our life drifts past in hopelessness, 
yet we do not close our eyes. Pale rays
burst through the veil of thin smoke,
searching for a quiet place 
to rest in peace.

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J. Iner Souster is a visual artist and writer from Toronto. His writing has appeared in Spillwords, Written Tales, Wicked Shadow Press, Friday Flash Fiction, A Story in 100 Words, 100 Word Project, Free Flash Fiction, The Drabble, and 101 Word Stories.