Awhile

A Poem by Pete

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau

notion to borrow

bent miscarriage of season

snide, stillborn sorrow

© 2025 Pete

Author's Note

"Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains." - Thoreau

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Added on November 21, 2025
Last Updated on November 21, 2025

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..