Ticklish9's
2nd Level Red Feather
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2001
- Messages
- 1,264
- Points
- 38
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"You have great hate," the man said.
"That is true," I agreed.
"You have great fear," the man said.
"That is true," I agreed.
"Your species is selfish and angry and afraid," he continued.
"I will not lie, that is the truth," I responded.
"You have weapons but not food, you have war and not peace, you have fear and not security, you have apathy and not compassion," the man continued, speaking louder.
"I cannot deny this," I responded quietly.
"You destroy each other’s homes! You seek violence where peace would do! You steal, and rape, and maim! You build walls, not roads! You insulate, rather than communicate! You love yourselves and not each other! You love wealth and not health! You kill in the name of your many gods! You heal only in the name of profit! Your children hate your parents and your parents kill your children!!" the man shouted.
I mutely, sadly, nodded.
"Then what chance do you have? What good can come of this? Why must I let this continue?!" the man raged.
"Listen!" I said.
Silence.
And the music played.
And a tear fell.
And a breath was taken. And another. And again.
And hope
never
died.
"When we have nothing else," I whispered, "we have each other.
And that is enough."
And the man was gone.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, I fancy myself a writer. 🙂
Anyway, in the midst of one of the worst days of my life, I couldn't let go of the simple fact - I was in LOVE. And that overruled everything else. And my friends came out in droves to support me. Phone calls from every time zone on the continent, not to mention Europe and Australia (I get around 😉 )
When you are at your lowest, when your fondest dreams come crashing down, someone will be there to pick you up. To brush you off. To take a breath with you. And another. And again.
Never lose hope. It’s all we have.
And all we need.
-T9's
"You have great hate," the man said.
"That is true," I agreed.
"You have great fear," the man said.
"That is true," I agreed.
"Your species is selfish and angry and afraid," he continued.
"I will not lie, that is the truth," I responded.
"You have weapons but not food, you have war and not peace, you have fear and not security, you have apathy and not compassion," the man continued, speaking louder.
"I cannot deny this," I responded quietly.
"You destroy each other’s homes! You seek violence where peace would do! You steal, and rape, and maim! You build walls, not roads! You insulate, rather than communicate! You love yourselves and not each other! You love wealth and not health! You kill in the name of your many gods! You heal only in the name of profit! Your children hate your parents and your parents kill your children!!" the man shouted.
I mutely, sadly, nodded.
"Then what chance do you have? What good can come of this? Why must I let this continue?!" the man raged.
"Listen!" I said.
Silence.
And the music played.
And a tear fell.
And a breath was taken. And another. And again.
And hope
never
died.
"When we have nothing else," I whispered, "we have each other.
And that is enough."
And the man was gone.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yeah, I fancy myself a writer. 🙂
Anyway, in the midst of one of the worst days of my life, I couldn't let go of the simple fact - I was in LOVE. And that overruled everything else. And my friends came out in droves to support me. Phone calls from every time zone on the continent, not to mention Europe and Australia (I get around 😉 )
When you are at your lowest, when your fondest dreams come crashing down, someone will be there to pick you up. To brush you off. To take a breath with you. And another. And again.
Never lose hope. It’s all we have.
And all we need.
-T9's
