Time

Time. Such an oddity. Days go by, looking forward to what comes next. Then by chance, hit by a memory. Carried back, suddenly aware of how much time has passed. Things never thought of being so long ago, now 10 or 20 or more years behind. And time continues rolling on. There is no stopping it, no slowing it down to take a moment. It keeps passing on by, leaving behind chances. Near misses and missed opportunities. Regrets and happy moments. Skipped class, made the earlier bus, in the right place. It all falls behind to the passage of time.