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The poetic city: “Nothing Is Ever Lost 5/31/2020”

Jun 08, 2020 • Creative Writing

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. (Photo: Wiki)

 

Nothing Is Ever Lost      5/31/2020
 
Riding the arrow of time
Looking forward, 
We can see the end
Clearly in sight,
And it’s getting closer  
All the time.
 
Looking backward,
We see the arrow of time
As a flying shuttle  
Racing back and forth
Weaving an eternal tapestry
Of everything that happens
In the field of time,
And nothing is ever lost. 

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