How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?

And maybe slightly more important,

How many hours, days, years sitting in the void of nothingness before self-realization pours in?

Or is it a trickle so slow it’s hardly noticed.

Until one day we think back.

We connect with what life used to feel like.

And we realize, everything has changed.