Forever.
\nA long time;
\nSeeming long time,
\nFor as time seems,
\nForever is.<\/p>\n
Immortality –
\nLife forever,
\nThat in time’s terms
\nSeems long in time.
\nForever to exist.
\nForever is past;
\nForever is future;
\nForever is and was always;
\nForever exists:<\/p>\n
Forever is.<\/p>\n
Old man’s face furrowed
\nOf age,
\nWould have forever
\nAbolished,
\nFor wrinkled body
\nDried and lined by
\nThe decay of time
\nConceives forever
\nAs ongoing ageing,
\nOngoing decay,
\nOf body,
\nMind,
\nBody-mind;
\nAgeless spirit
\nIs unknown.<\/p>\n
Old man betrothed
\nTo his concept of time
\nSees not the true egress
\nOf the body sublime,
\nNor spirit awake above
\nThe plane of time,
\nWhen he sees forever’s age and
\nFeels forever’s face,
\nWith mind’s imaginings deluded
\nTo mere bodily awareness.<\/p>\n
Though progressed beyond this nature,
\nFrom time his mind’s not free,
\nAnd controls the body through thoughts
\nThat hold him back from eternity.
\nWhen control of mind is mastered
\nNo more time has be:
\nHe has forever,
\nHe is forever.
\nImmortality is always his
\nFor immortality
\nAlways is,
\nAnd was always
\nWith him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Forever.
A long time;
Seeming long time,
For as time seems,
Forever is.<\/p>\n
Immortality –
Life forever,
That in time’s terms
Seems long in time.
Forever to exist.
Forever is past;
Forever is future;
Forever is and was always;
Forever exists:<\/p>\n
Forever is.<\/p>\n
Old man’s face furrowed
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