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Friday, March 1, 2024 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- Eternity -- by John Herlihy Eternity is nothing but an extension of time. Eternity may be forever, the moment mine. We pretend not to know what eternity means, A sense of endlessness bursts thru the seams. None of us question the reality of existence, We know it is there by our sheer persistence. What of the moment we are no longer there? I don’t rightly know, I have never been there. Enough to know I am awake, conscious, alive. Dawn arrives on time, another day to survive. Even at dusk with its apt message of decline, I lay down to rest knowing the future is mine. Oh eternity, the timelessness as so much fluff, I think the present moment more than enough. - - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Sunday 28 January 2024

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Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Reviewed on March 23, 2024

I believe the concept of eternity is different for each person. It's like in the movie when everyone was looking for a certain galaxy, only to find it fit inside a pendant on a pet's collar. It's conception is relative, just as Dr. Einstein would have said.

Rebecca

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on March 7, 2024

ETERNITY MEANS...AN EXISTENCE THAT WILL NEVER END. THANK GOD THIS IS NOT PROMISED TO US WITH REGARDS TO THIS EARTH FOR IT WILL END. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DETERMINED TO REACH FOR THAT NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH WHERE TIME AND TIDE HAS NO MARK, NOR FORLORN NIGHT... ETERNITY IS MORE THAN JUST AN EXTENSION OF TIME BUT OF...THE NEVER-ENDING SUBLIME. MARVELOUS, JOHN! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on March 1, 2024

Yes, as I'v aluded to as well, we place far too much worry and concern about dying and far too little on enjoying the time (and it's all just time) here on earth... at least in the iteration of one's mortal existence. Good write, John.

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