Category: Life

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fear

I seem to have created a habit of writing when the world around is in turmoil. These past couple of days have been riddled with anxiety, expectation, insecurity, frustration…and fear.

Fear is very real.

But love is much greater.

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two years…

How does one go from an hour to a 24 month jump?
What sort of things happen in 104 weeks?
What events took place in the span of 730.5 days?
How many words spoken within 17520 hours?
What of the silence?

Every single aspect of your life is changing
The world is moving around you
The ground is shifting
You hesitate to close your eyes
This is a rather unfamiliar yet familiar place

It’s time to move on…

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an hour…

A lot can happen in an hour.
You can watch a classic Disney movie.
You can drive to the beach.
You can listen to two symphonies.
You can go to the gym.
You can go to church.

An infinite amount of things can happen in an hour.
But some shouldn’t.
Nineteen people shouldn’t lose their lives in an hour.

An hour.

What are we going to do now?

A lot can be done in an hour.

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the growing room

I had a dream
I was inside a room with a piano in one of the corners
It called, I sat down and begin to play

As time passed on, different people passed by
They asked if they could play along
As each one entered, the room grew in size
Everyone bringing their own unique styles, rhythms, timbre
Playing together, building upon what was already there

Time went on and on, unforgiving as always
Little by little the people began to leave
Harmonies ceased, rhythms stopped
Some said their good-byes while others simply exited through the same door they came in
The room emptied out leaving nothing but a distant ring of what used to be

I continued playing until it no longer made sense
And the door began to close
A face I’ve never seen peeked though and said:
Mind if I play with you?

And the room grew in size

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gaps

beautiful opportunities
challenging narratives
often need no explanation
…but we do we try to?

can measure how far
…or how near
how wide
and how close

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the silence

It’s been quite some time since I’ve enjoyed your company. Not because of a fall out, but because I haven’t been here.

The quiet whirring of the fan as it circulates stale air around me. The singing of crickets and birds flapping their wings. The sound of the window blinds tapping against each other as the cool breeze enters through the window. The orchestra of sounds from a nearby avenue – distant honking of horns, cars speeding by, a muffler with a hole, the indistinguishable banter of passers-by. The clanking of bottles.

The peace this brings. It’s comfort, a welcomed guest.

I’m aware.

I’m still here.

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the world today

The world today is very different than the last time I posted anything.
The world today is filled with anxiety, uncertainty and fear.
The world today is also filled with confidence, defiance and selfishness.

The world is challenging us to see things differently; some are choosing to while others remain in their ideology of yore.

The world today is different. Very much different. But it’ it’s still the world. My world.

Our world.

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bouncing back

Yes, neglect can happen from time to time. Mostly from unexpected circumstances. You get hit and go down with the punch. You feel the cold floor pressing against your back – you want to get up but you can’t, not just yet. You need to heal. You fight it. You need to heal. Time stops for a moment and you find yourself in a quasi existential weightlessness of some sort. This is not a strange reverie. You lift your head, begin to rise. You can’t run yet, you’re learning to walk once again. One step at time you come to grips with the fact that it wont be the same; it cannot, must not be the same.

Back on your feet sort of speak. The world is a new. A new path lies ahead. Get walking.