The Never Wuz...
By G man767
There was never a time when all things were not potentially other than they are now. If all is motion, then no form is eternal. For a Form To be eternal, it would have already had to reach its final destination... its permanent place of rest. And, were such 'eternal' form ever to be-- despite exodus, diaspora, or return-- it would be devoid of history [exempted therefrom], having never, in fact, come to be. Hence, what of all that never was, the never weres-- all the never-to-be still births of history? What became of it all... Did it evaporate, dissipate, vanish...? Is there still a thin film residue on something like "History's Ceiling"? Had Napoleon surprised with a second surge; Had England embraced its American colonies to welcome reform-- or, or, or... what then? So much would be different. As roads fork, paths unchosen fall away. And what became of roads left behind... like the day just passed never to be lived again? One poet still speaks to me...saying, "What was and was not points to what is." And yet, sometimes, vaguely I consider... all the never-to-be still births of history. --Uncle Greg Written March 7th, 2002 © on Mar 06 2002 04:23 PM PST 0 • 12
AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.
About this line
"There was never a time..."