Wednesday, 3 December 2014

The Beauty of Melancholy

Sadness dissipates and with it,

Comes the realization that life goes on.

Time ticks and time tocks

Slowly washing over you is the beauty of melancholy

A feeling like no other.

The pain, the paradoxical joy of suffering

Suddenly is evident to you. 

There is no elation if one knows not of suffering

This is assuring and as true that there is no wind without air,

Sea without water and courage without fear.

~Charlie 





Friday, 26 September 2014

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream in the dark recesses of the night awake in the day to find all was vanity. But the dreamers of day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, and make it possible.” 
~ T.E. Lawrence 



 

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

The Stranger in Me

‘With a constant beauty
Amidst a wave of charm
Who in this world would ever bring you harm?’
She lay contemplating her dire situation;
The complexities or absence of such, sometimes
Of life.
She knew that the time was approaching when she would have to make that decision
The intricacy of such
Weighed upon her like a behemoth upon her chest.
Yet she knew she could not be bested, not even by herself.
And as such, the decision was to be made.
So she uncovered her fog ridden desperation
And climbed into what was to take her away.
All along she knew that it was never her place to stay..
So alas, she ventured into what she deemed to be her duty,
What she deemed to be the solution to her questions asked,
Not merely even, her given task.
Yet, as she climbed in
With one foot forward
Ready to go
A single thought process pierced through.
‘Who in this world would ever bring me harm?”
Just then and there
Her reflection was caught in the mirror ever so swiftly
With the dawning of realization,
Slowly she whispered
“Me”

-Charlie