Time is the longest distance between two places.
― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie

With a pace quicker than light,
Leaving memories dark and bright,
Time goes on and on
Like a river in flow.

Unaffected by the evils of man,
A master of its own lane.
Oblivious to love, hate or greed
Always present for those in need.

Perfect and pristine in its path,
Time goes beyond math.
Even after death,
Of time, there will be no dearth.

Time will go on and on
Like a river in flow.

How did it get so late so soon?”
― Dr. Seuss

Photo by Jiyeon Park on Unsplash

It’s incredible that it is December already. I feel like I was in a trance for much of 2020, never quite getting time to digest what was happening all around. I think while the virus has had a drastic impact, this year remains one of the most authentic accounts of our adaptability. It was definitely encouraging to see law enforcement officials, health workers and teachers adopting the required norms just as fast as the times called for it.

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They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite.
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

Since December is often considered a festive season, I’ve decided to start a new, weekly Christmas series! Given below is the logo for the Christmas series, named Christmas Cafe!

Please click here to read more from this series!

That brings us to the posting schedule for December:
Mondays for regular posts which may or may not be Christmas themed and Fridays for Christmassy posts! Also, Haley @ My Life Of Faith will be doing a guest post this month! She’s writing a book review which I’m excited to read!

P.S The poem above was one I wrote a few years ago. I wanted it to rhyme and ignored a lot of things which is why it sounds quite cringy and bare.

If you have a few minutes to spare, I’d highly appreciate it if you could fill out this feedback form!

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74 responses to “Time // December Deflection”

  1. In a trance… totally!
    It’s just like, oh my GAWDS
    WHAT THE ACTUAL HADES

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  2. That calendar meme is so funny!😂

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  3. Oh my gosh 😍❤️❤️ that featured image is my new favorite
    Christmas cafe??! That’s gonna be such a fun series! I can’t wait!
    And yeah… 2020… in March when the national emergency was declared in the US, it felt like time stopped. I had no idea, fast forward to how things are now in December, that time felt like it flew through quarantine at times. I expected 2020 to feel like the longest year ever, but that didn’t happen. 😂🤔 it’s almost over!
    I’m about to go take the feedback survey! ❤️

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  4. I loved your poem, seriously it was so beautiful. Each line kept getting better and better, thank you!! I look forward to the new series. Much love to you my friend. 💗

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  5. oh that was soooo time worth! I love this poem.. it’s a great one!!!! 👏👏👏❤️ Cindy

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  6. Wait what? 2020 is almost over? XD That’s my brain catching up with time. lol. The calendar is so accurate.
    I don’t know if I’m sighing from relief that 2020 is over or if I’m holding my breath about 2021 will bring.
    -Haley

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  7. I loved your “Covid Calendar.” I hope to “steal” it.

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  8. What are you talking about? I liked the poem! It just didn’t rhyme. Which is perfectly okay! Haha! I loved the calendar you shared with us!! 😉 Great post! Looking forward to your Christmas series!

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  9. THE POEM IS SO. GOOD. NOT CRINGY, D.
    Oof, big mood. (The calendar)
    Christmas Cafe sounds awesome!! Can’t wait to read it.
    Great post!!
    stay sticky,
    [pbs}

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  10. I agree 2020 was such a blur! It really is the year that never was. Still trying to wrap my head around that fact that it is almost over 🤯
    Xo Tina | https://www.teenafey.com

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  11. The poem is awesome, and the calander is😆

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  12. Love the poem, these lines were my favorite:
    “Unaffected by the evils of man,
    A master of its own lane.”
    Very very true words right there! And you’re so right, 2020 was definitely a test but showed us how adaptable we truly are. Now that’s amazing! Awesome post 💝👏

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  13. The poem flows so well. 🥰🥰Loved the calendar meme too! 🤭🤭 This is exactly for many of us this year! 😊😊

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  14. The thought of Christmas cafe is brilliant!

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  15. Inspiring and reflective poem. 💖 Your poem and post reminded of a quote by Leonardo Da Vinci, that I love ~ “The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming; thus it is with time…”

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  16. I like the poem, but then I told you, you are unable to write drivel, even if you try. Thank you.

    Joanna

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  17. I agree!!👏😂 Thank you for reading and taking the survey!

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  18. It seemed so apt😂 Thank you, Miriam!

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  19. Thank you, Maggie! Glad you like it!❤️
    Totally 😂 I think it felt the same everywhere. Everything just happened so fast😂 We’ll be in January 2021 in the blink of an eye!
    Thank you so much!!💕

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  20. Wow, thank you so much!! I wasn’t so sure about it. I’m glad you liked it!
    Thank you, once again!💕✨

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  21. Aw.. thank you so much, Cindy!! I’m glad you think so!❤️✨

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  22. You’re not alone in that😂 I agree! It was so creative of the person to portray 2020 like that! Oh, that’s so true. I suppose we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
    Thank you very much for reading and providing feedback!💕

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  23. Me too! It was wonderful of the person to come up with it! I think I have seen it on your blog too before!👏😂
    Thank you so much for reading and providing feedback!!💕

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  24. You are so welcome! It was really well done! ❤️

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  25. Thank you so much, Millay! I just wasn’t very sure of it. Aw.. thanks!!❤️
    Me too! I think it’s my favourite meme of the year😂
    Thank you very much! It’ll hopefully go well!

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  26. Thank you so much, pbs!!❤️
    I’m glad you think it wasn’t cringy😂
    It was a fun meme! Glad you liked it!

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  27. Wow, that’s such a good phrase to describe this year! I think we all are trying to do that😂
    Thank you very much for reading and commenting!

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  28. Thank you so much, Aanya! I agree👏😂

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  29. Thank you very much, Wardah! I’m so glad you liked them!
    Hopefully it ends here and doesn’t seep into 2021 as well.
    Thank you so much for taking the time to read!!❤️

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  30. Glad you think so! Thank you very much!✨

    Like

  31. Aw.. I’m glad to hear that!!💕 Me too! Absolutely😂
    Thank you so much for reading!

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  32. I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
    Wow, that is such a brilliant and profound quote! Thank you for sharing!❤️

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  33. I’m glad you do, Joanna! To be honest, I do write quite a lot of drivel, I just don’t share it here😂
    Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment!!💕

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  34. I love poems that rhymes 😄💕 looking forward to Christmas Cafe ☺️

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  35. Guten Tag

    Die Zeit ist wie der Mensch selbst
    im Universum sind beide endlich

    Den Mut über das Unsagbare
    der Wandlung von Geburt
    zum Tode

    der Trauer die täglichen
    Verwundungen
    den Verlust
    jeden Tag die Veränderungen
    im Leben in Demut annehmen

    Der Seele gibt es keine Zeit
    noch einen bestimmten Ort

    sie lässt unser Dasein
    aus dem Keim
    der Großen Mutter
    auf ihrer Schwester Erde gedeihen
    später nimmt sie alles
    in ihre Arme vom Erdball
    in sich zurück

    Herzliche Grüße
    Hans Gamma

    ***

    Good day

    Time is like man himself
    in the universe both are finite

    Courage over the unspeakable
    the change from birth
    to death

    the daily grief
    Wounds
    the loss
    every day the changes
    accept in life with humility

    There is no time for the soul
    still a certain place

    she lets our existence
    from the bud
    the great mother
    flourish on their sister earth
    later she takes everything
    in her arms from the globe
    back in

    Best regards
    Hans Gamma

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  36. The poem is really good! I don’t know why you think so less of it. It sounded very philosophical!

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  37. I like the poem and the rest of your take on time. I tried to take the survey, but it broke up and wouldn’t continue.

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  38. I rather enjoyed the poem! Thanks 🙂

    How do you understand the concept of “beyond math”, as you put it?

    -David

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  40. Thank you so much! Glad you like it!

    Speaking in terms of time, what I meant was that it has a more or less solid definition mathematically but unlike numbers or coordinate axes which can be replicated physically, time can’t be. It’s a mere entity, an idea humans invented to understand life better, to measure and quantify. So, unlike concepts or ideas like statistics or motion or basic addition which are solid and have well backed up explanations, time is still an idea that is being explored and expanded. It goes beyond maths in that sense because maths alone can’t explain a lot about time.

    I hope that made sense!! It’s just how I see it and wrote it. I could be wrong about it all😂

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  41. Thank you so much, Aushana! It just seemed like something was off to me. I’m glad you think so! That means a lot!✨

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  42. Wow, that is incredibly deep! Especially, where you say time itself is finite in the universe. Thank you for sharing your insights!!

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  43. Thank you! I appreciate it!

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  44. 😆Totally! You’re welcome.

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  45. I hope so too! You’re so welcome! 💛💛

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  46. Time sure flies! You were so good at writing you still are and you will always continue to be! Looking forward to your posts (:

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  47. Of course!! 💗

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  48. You’re welcome! and yeahhh it really did. No problem!

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  49. D, I enjoyed this lovely, reflective poem. Though time can be measured mathematically, when we are living, time seems variable and elastic. Pain makes time drag. Happy occasions fly by. ❤ Have a great weekend!

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  50. Thank you very much! Absolutely! Those are quite profound sentences! You too!❤️

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  51. That’s very kind of you to say! Thank you so much!❤️

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  52. My pleasure ❤

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  53. Great poem, and isn’t that so!

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  54. I love the poem and I think it’s reflective not only on the year 2020, but it ties into life overall!

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  55. Hahah.. I love the poem!! And the calendar😂😂 Impeccable post as always, D!

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  56. I’m glad you do, Lana! Thank you so much!✨

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  57. No problem! Thank you for writing such a beautiful poem! Have a lovely rest of your day! 🙂

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  58. “ignored a lot of things which is why it sounds quite cringy and bare.” Although I don’t really agree, in a good way 😉. I think the poem has great power in the rawness and cringy qualities that it has!

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  59. My pleasure, D 🙂

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  61. That’s very kind of you to say! Oh, I didn’t think of it that way. Thank you so much!✨

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  62. “2020 in a trance” should be the title of my journal😂😂💕🙆‍♀️
    You nailed it there. I still haven’t come out of the time warp though. 🙄🙆‍♀️

    By the way, ahhh that poem does NOT look creepy and bare. Its probably been a decade since I wrote a proper poem! (Okay that might be an exaggeration but you’re soo good😭❤❤)

    And loving the Christmas Cafe already!!😁

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  63. Oh, good one!😂💕
    Thank you, Brin!! You’re not alone in that😂
    I’m glad you think so!! It just sounded off to me🤷 I don’t think there’s a thing like a ‘proper’ poem, all poems are poems😂
    Aw..thank you!! I’m sure your poems are amazing!❤️
    That’s great! Thank you!!✨

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  64. I like your 2020 calendar. Thank goodness it is about over. Yeah!

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  65. Good day.

    There are injuries
    their wounds
    bleed for a lifetime

    the grief
    the tears
    beat
    every day

    on my own
    Heart
    on the soul
    incessantly on

    Reply to: – Cassandra Clare,

    Best regards
    Hans Gamma

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  66. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on that quote!

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  67. Second stanza of your poem was my favorite. Great insight into the characteristics of time 👍

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  68. I’m glad you liked it! Thank you so much for reading!

    Like

  69. I’m so happy to hear that! I agree😂
    Thank you so much!!❤️
    (I’m so sorry I’m seeing this so late, I don’t know what happened 🤦)

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