12:04. 

Solstice midnight has just passed, and it feels like time is standing still.  I know this feeling.  At 12:00 on the new year, time will grind back into motion.  But now, now is the time for reflection, for auld lang syne.

I feel like I am moving through jelly, like the one still person in a time lapse video.  I am inside myself, my thoughts, and standing outside observing at the same time.

And all around the world whizzes past, never noticing.

Advertisement