Sunday, May 16, 2010

Truth (a poetical essay)

Stop for a moment. Think. Where are you going? Why are you walking?

You think there's an end, don't you? Maybe you're right. There is a limit to endurance, a furthest point to which anyone can travel. Well, I've been there. I've reached the end.

I know what's there. I know that--

They lied. They tricked us.

They told us we could rest at the end of this journey. Life is over, heaven awaits. Bliss, calm, nirvana--simple rest.

They lied. They tricked us.

Do you know what's there, at the end? We finish the journey and find--

Nothing.

Inspired by a quote from an article by Larra, who was really just being cynical about Romanticism in general and Dumas' brilliant drama Antony in particular.

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