How many times my respiration flutters Back and forth and sway The mind it blankly stutters But with certainty I have been here before The same thought transcending, situation, moment, more Accumulating wrinkles, memories dance and twist Questioning chance or destiny a mirrored dark-light tryst Looking back further Than the horizon ahead So much has come and gone In old footprints we tread For how so has the joy, the pain been repeated How many times standing lying, praying or seated? We, the years, cycle around A fleeting journey eternally And you, upon a similar shore Traverse the same diurnally And so to bed, perchance To dream and mix a brew Revisiting pattern, message, stop Drinking meaning, clear, anew