{"sf1_id":2193188,"sf2_id":"bebKNDbm","title":"At Five Years End Finishes Yesterday","author":"Apolarbear17","words":225,"posted_at":"2024-10-25T11:16:38.000Z","tags":["Abstract","Bridging Gap","Movie Watching","Passage of Time","Poetry","Things Missed"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2193188-at-five-years-end-finishes-yesterday","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/bebKNDbm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a7/41/a741d7ac-31eb-43bb-85f9-38d99f178028","description":"This is a poem about the passage of time and the things we let slip away from us. A bit of an abstract one with a theme that was and is still fitting because this year has flown by. For better and for worse. Originally posted in May 2024.","content":"At Five Years End Finishes Yesterday\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;By: A.X. Bueno\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\n \n\nIt's been too long leaving your memory hazy with things so different now\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nNaturally too far removed from where you started to pick up where you left off last\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nIt's been at least five years since this all got interrupted back in the past\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAn unexpected interruption but it's been five years since then\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYou got a free second shot, an apology, a shade of frustration along with some friends\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYou could have tried to see it again while it was all still fresh in your mind\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nInstead with the next opportunity you jump right into seeing something else\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnother incident so you jump into and enjoy going into something else almost blind\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThings happen you couldn't foresee and thus jumps forward time\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd when you've exhausted other avenues and distractions sublime\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nThere you are again sitting down for it once again\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nNot by yourself but also not with those same friends\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nYou settle down in a whole new but very familiar place and start over\n\n \n\nThis one thing being part of a number of holdovers\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nFrom what feels like another lifetime but was only years ago\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nAnd with a gap as short as yesterday\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nSo you bridge it finally with a pressing of play\u0026nbsp;\n\n \n\nHoping to re-experience that lost flow \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;"}