The Future

The future and the past are as a panorama on two rollers; that which is on the roller of the future unwraps itself onto the roller of the past. It cannot be speeded up or slowed down. One must see all that is given whether it is good or bad. And what is once seen may never be seen again. It is ever unwinding and being wound. We catch it in transition, for a moment, and call that present. The flustered senses gather what they can. And guess at what is coming by the significance of that which we have already seen.