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# Impermanence
- URL: https://elacrain.com/writing/impermanence/
- Published: 2022-09-04T12:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T09:45:56.000Z
- Author: Ela Crain
- Tags: #writing, POEMS (SORT OF)

I just realized,  
in my body and in my heart,  
something is ticking.

Lying on the sofa with my bare feet,  
I feel myself moving closer to edge of life,  
breath by breath.

A quiet, knowing ignorance  
settles around me like a blanket.  
I breathe out, assuming the next breath will return.

The night sky wears its full-moon necklace,  
like a single diamond above my head.

The lighthouse keeps the time—  
darkness after shine,  
shine after darkness.

And here it comes again,  
in my body and in my heart:  
I’m ticking.  
Single breath at a time.