Forever

by · January 19, 2026

Life & Philosophy · #time · #meaning · #mortality · #purpose · #future

How long is forever?
And will it ever end?
And if it never does,
Then how did it ever begin?

When forever comes,
How will we know it’s here?
I guess we’ll never know,
Before it comes we’ll disappear.

If forever never ends,
Then we’re always in-between,
Eternity behind us,
And still more to be seen.

When we live, we run a race,
In which we’ll never win,
A race that has no finish,
A race that never ends.

And if we’ll never see,
The finish of the race,
Then what’s the point of running?
It seems like such a waste.

But I will keep on running,
To see what’s left in store,
Until I run no longer,
Or lose what I run for.

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