That Moment

@inertia4 (27961)
United States
September 21, 2016 4:53am CST
The seconds tick by like an invisible wind unnoticed by senses A breath, a sigh another breath and then that second passes That moment, that second that one snippet of time is captured in history At first that one second was great like a fine wine it ultimately told a story The past has been written the future, unsure but that second will live in infamy It has been written that time is a cure for all of our uncertainty That second, that moment was just passing time and will never be again That second of torment is a thin fine line and it will begin again Copyright © 2011 Steven Cetta All Rights Reserved Image Credit : CoolText.com inertia4, That, Moment, inertia4poetry
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
Nice one. Cherish every moment and live life like it's our last. We could never turn back time but we must learn from our mistakes and start anew.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Sep 16
@inertia4 Unfortunately, not everyone does.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
22 Sep 16
@toniganzon I know. But we hopefully can look forward and change things.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Sep 16
That is correct. If we in fact can learn form our mistakes. Not everyone does.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
21 Sep 16
Very well written, and so true.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Sep 16
Thank you my friend, I appreciate that.
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@jstory07 (134388)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Sep 16
It is so true for sure.
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• United States
4 Oct 16
Beautiful poem. I've come to realize that either we want time to slow down or we want time to speed up. In either moment, we've come to depend fully on time.
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• United States
7 Oct 16
@inertia4 You make a good point. At times while I'm doing something, my mind will flashback to an event that had happened years ago. It's like it had happened yesterday. To me I think time is both precious and at the same time a slavemaster depending what it's used for. When you have a short life-span, time is precious. You never know when you'll last speak to someone or have a last chance to do that one thing you want to do. On the other hand, when you have to be somewhere at a specific time and you can't make it at that exact time, there's the risk of increased anxiety. I've seen times where people were fired from their jobs because they were a mere five minutes late. It's sad to think of the pressure we put on others by expecting them to be somewhere at a certain time and when they're five or ten minutes late, negative emotions flare-up. Now if a person is an hour late, then sure. Call, find out what's going on. But a few minutes late? There's no need to panic.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
6 Oct 16
Time is like magic to us humans. We look at time as if it is a solid object to hold onto. But it is not. We create memories with photos and videos and even writings. But we all tend to forget many things. I like to believe that life, our life cycle, is like a video that was recorded and is still happening in the time it happened.
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
8 Oct 16
@Firestorm0122 The structure of time was created by man. So as for the pressure others put on us it is all fake. We all should never have to punch a clock. That is not normal. We were not supposed to do those things. But time is also something we humans use to gauge things with. So there is good and bad in everything we attach to time. We are also part of something bigger in this universe. We just have not figured that part out yet.
@tammys85 (29946)
• Baltimore, Maryland
4 Oct 16
That was really good. I hope this doesn't sound like a generic comment, because it's not supposed to be lol.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
12 Jan 17
No, don't worry, it is not generic. I appreciate your comment.
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@tammys85 (29946)
• Baltimore, Maryland
16 Jan 17
@inertia4 Thanks!
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@tammys85 You're welcome.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Sep 16
I will take a second to think on this, . hehe, very lovely
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Sep 16
LOL. Nice!!! Thank you. I like that comment.
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@just4him (305864)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Oct 16
Great poem. So true, that second is here and gone in a flash of memory.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
29 Oct 16
@just4him Yes I do think so and I do believe they have that technology available. But they never let the people in on it.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
26 Oct 16
Right. And we can never get it back. Unless we learn how to travel through time. Which I believe they have the technology for but will never share it with us regular people.
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@just4him (305864)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Oct 16
@inertia4 You really think so? Interesting.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
30 Sep 16
The second your life flashes before your eyes. That is what this made me think of.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
30 Sep 16
Okay. Honestly, the I write these poems I don't know the exact way they are going to go until they are finished. I guess it could be interpreted in many ways.
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• China
21 Sep 16
We know what happened for the past second,but not the next second.It only takes one second for us to make a mistake.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Sep 16
That is very true. But too bad we cannot bottle up all those seconds and hold onto them a little longer.
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• Preston, England
30 Sep 16
the now vanishes into the past even as we say it - terrific poem
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Thank you. I try when I write. I know I am not great I just do my best.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
12 Jan 17
@arthurchappell Wow, thanks for that. I really appreciate it.
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• Preston, England
12 Jan 17
@inertia4 you are greater than you think
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@OreoBrownie (3755)
• Commerce, Georgia
15 Oct 16
Beautiful poem and timely. Each breath time flies by and doesn't stop until the last breathless is drawn.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
15 Oct 16
Correct. And thank you very much. I am glad you enjoyed this poem. There are more and more to come.
@jstory07 (134388)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 Sep 16
What you wrote was very good and oh so true.
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
28 Sep 16
Thank you very much. I am happy to know you enjoyed the poem. I will be posting more of them.
@DianneN (246557)
• United States
30 Sep 16
You speak/wrote the truth. Terrific poem!
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
1 Oct 16
Well, thank you very much. I try. I am glad you enjoyed it. I will be posting more.
• United States
12 Jan 17
Great Poem!
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@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
12 Jan 17
Thank you very much.