Heads Up

Hello. What just happened?
What happiness, what fresh
Hell, what boredom just passed?

We see most of you shrug.
We see some of you cry.
A few yawn or look smug.

Fair enough. Another
Bell curve distribution
In time’s great scheme of things.

The past looks different
From moment to moment
But usually not much.

You keep an eye on it,
Try to raise a good past
That you can be pleased with,

Proud of, but the past does
What the past wants and you
Can’t stop it. When it’s quick,

You’re startled. When it’s slow,
You think it’s still. When good,
You feel you’re in control,

And you look at your past
Moves as if your moves moved
The rest. Then it quickens

Abruptly, and you’re left,
If you’re left, depressed. Look!
Now this is in your past.