<center> Awake, at half past twilight
staring hard, searching 
into the night. </center>


<center> Heart heavy with 
the weight of wishes 
my soul has yet to shed 
so much to be done,
many words left unsaid... </center>

<center> ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/ZOMxuARFVFUMo/giphy.gif) </center>


<center> Time,
teach me 
more than I think
I can learn. </center>

<center> Sacred cycles, 
please slow 
your turn. </center>

<center> Regret, 
I don't wish 
to feel your burn. </center>



<center> Life, whisper me a story
but know that I'm too 
old for empty words. </center>

<center> The deeper I dig
the deeper you get,
that much I know
but these bones ache now 
when your cold winds blow. </center>

<center> ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/SBvRuVDhdoDde/giphy.gif) </center>


<center> Time,
teach me 
more than I think
I can learn. </center>

<center> Sacred cycles, 
please slow 
your turn. </center>

<center> Regret, 
I don't wish 
to feel your burn. </center>


<center>  Universe, 
it was you who
conspired cleverly
to place me
into this here, this now. </center>

<center> It's a place so ripe with 
storied shadows, so
eager to speak their truths
even if people aren't 
always so ready. </center>

<center> ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/3oz8xVTeKOhABEG6Aw/giphy.gif) </center>



<center>  Time,
teach me 
more than I think
I can learn. </center>


<center>  Sacred cycles, 
please slow 
your turn. </center>

<center> Regret, 
I don't wish 
to feel your burn. </center>



<center> *Eric Vance Walton* </center>


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