As if

As if we were ever afraid to lose something dear to us. As if the world wouldn't just come crashing down when we looked away. As if the end was closer than beginnings ought to be. As if...as if we saw ourselves in the mirror, and the mirror was really just water, disturbed.
As if.
But not as when.
When came a long time before, and shall exist a long time after.
As if eternal.