Life and Eternity

As I wrote the poems inside this book, I found they were deep writings. I started to write "Intro's" for these poems, in an effort to bring them closer to the surface.
In the end, I found a deeper, yet simpler, meaning.
It took me back to my first boxing match.
I had trained 3 months straight and was confident I would win my fight. The harder I trained, the shorter and shorter each 3 minute round seamed. Once I entered the ring for the real bout, I was good! All my training was paying off.

Then, 1 minute into this greatness, I got hit back!
The last 2 minutes of that first round seemed like……. an ETERNITY.