Points in time

The problem I encounter with recorded events or history is that all I get is a fragment of what happened. I get a point or, if lucky, series of points in time. 

Time will have a distorting effect on those points in time. However it won't fully transform those points in time. They will still be what they are. 

The danger with recorded events is that I overlay my personal experience on them. If I are not aware of my own filters then I  personalize them like they are happening to me right now, at this very instant. I allow myself to lie to me. Trauma magnifies this behavior tens, hundreds or thousands-fold and that is how strong of a trap it is. 

Every person should be aware of their filters, so they can avoid manipulation from outside or within. 

Time what has become of you?

Time stalks you.
It drives by your house
slowly on a Friday night
playing "your" song.

Time hides in the bushes
and the bullrushes,
Giggling.

Time knows that
you can't ignore it.

It swoons  you.
It lulls you,
into a passive state.

Then you snap
out of it
and you realize
that you are now chasing Time.

You hiding in the bushes
and bullrushes, wheezing.

You want to drive by
Time's house,
playing "your" song,
longing for more.