One cannot mention the day without acknowledging the night. The existence of one compels the existence of the other; makes it necessary. They are two separate entities, each giving way and subseding to the other when the time is right. Despite the common lack of symmetry in their duration, day and night complement each other to form a complete whole. 24 hours. What is the significance of this number? Why?
The transitions from day to night and from night to day are the most terrifying and yet the most beautiful periods of common existence. Sunrise, and sunset: when the ambient light is dimmed, and everything turns shadowed with a hazy lack of clarity that is alarming. The outline of one's own hand blends into the surroundings, and they merge to form a single reality. It is during these times that emotions become most confused, that the borders between love and insanity become most blurred, that one begins to question the ultimate purpose of one's sorry existence. What is the significance of this life? Why?
The daily alternation of light and dark creates a repetitive rhythm that resembles an unbreakable exercise in circularity. One cannot stop time, nor the events that it sets in motion. If you lift your hand to halt the passage of circumstance, you will find an empty palm; a desolate fist.
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