Object Permanence

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Life may be temporary
And what of memories?
Are they not to time defenseless?
With no lingering sign of existence
Do motivational statements hold
false pretenses? If we all pretend that
Everything we deem precious isn't
Going to slip from our grips the instant
When we make amends and face our ends
Was everything for naught, just to drop?
Like the remaining grains of sand?
I'm a skeptic towards the cynics
Every interaction that has ever entered into action
Crisp as prisms, imprints left imprisoned
Every breath that's formed, suspended animation
Life may be temporary
But every second spent living is forever a given

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