But it should, shouldn't it?

Look at how things used to be. The world was such a different place back then. You could have done anything. There was so much potential and so much time. But that was the problem, wasn't it? There was too much time. So much there was hardly a moment to contemplate the volume until it drained away forever. The only thing you miss is what you didn't know.
== Imagine ==
All it takes is one small event. Just one infinitesimal incursion and everything you've ever worked for is gone. Years and years of progress. The scrapbooking of an entire lifestyle. 
==Proclaim==
If you were better at it, you would have been done already. But the bar is too high. This was the wrong timeline for it entirely. Excuse number 1. Excuse number 2. Anything to get by. Think of how much happier you could have been. There was only so much time.
==Disdain==
Keep repeating it. Maybe it'll happen someday.
== Cause and Effect ==
The future is unknowable
The past is unchangeable 
The present is the wrong one 
The new kills the old 
== Finality ==
* Wouldn't it be nice, just for a moment, to let it all dissolve?
* Sink into nothingness, not a single mind to care.
* But who will take care of them then?
* Someone will always be displeased.
* You can't win.
* That's the secret.
* You can't win.