As we “welcome” everyone back, Quintus poetically reminds us time is fleeting and ephemeral. Enjoy the daily life of your adolescence because . . . it will be over soon.
By Quintus Ni
Time flies like flowing water
Youth departs with the water
You can’t catch
The steps of time
Like the sunlight that vanishes in the far
That cannot be chased
When
Wrinkles creep up on your face
When gray hair grows
Looking back
Youth is a river flowing forever
Searching in a daze
Chasing at a loss
In the distance
Is the paradise of dreams
Ethereal
And hazy
Cheap if you say it is beautiful
Far from being expressed in words
Unpredictable
Untouchable
It’s a mirage
Like passing time
The youth fades away
when you least expect it to
Desiring all the time
To meet each other
Saying goodbye
Turn around
And enter the lingering light
Of the setting sun
Everyone has his or her own youth, but youth is fleeting. Time flies! It fades away at every moment whether you catch or not!–Quintus
Editor: Luke Langlois
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