Yes, the months and weeks and days and years have gone by, it's "over" but it isn't, is it?
It's "over" but it's not. It's still here "suspended in time."
Replaying in your mind.
It's like
You sat in a chair
And watched it go by
In fast forward
While history repeated itself.
Hey, there is no pause.
Time waits for no one.
Justice never prevails.
And greed and hopelessness always tromps over the "small" person.
"but you have to be like the golden flower on top, right?"
Lies. Manipulation.
Yeah. The tarnished golden flower abandoned, withered, and left to die.