Blink And You Will Miss It

Only the time traveler who fell in love with his past is truly present

He glances at things he has already seen and stands on steps he has already walked

Without the anxiety roar in the background of his thoughts

He learns to truly live each moment

He is an actor who has read the script and knows each word you will say to him

You can't truly hurt him

You can't truly love him

He stands like a hologram you can touch like a passenger in a human body

Without the terror of alternate endings

He starts to notice the unnoticed

The exact angle of the sun that enters your bedroom each season

Your smell on his clothes when you wear them

The tiny waves your breath makes when you drink coffee with him

He knows that life is only lived during a tragedy

Or in anticipation of one

So when it's time he will know

He will embrace you and he will cry with you

The time-traveler who fell in love with his past breathes in one reality

He embraces the simplicity of his dead ends

He loves one person and he lives one life

He relives his misfortunes and feels grateful

Despite knowing the end

He awaits the next chapter