I am alone…I’m not lonely.Neil McCauley, Heat A man sits on death row. He has exhausted all methods of of appeal and delay. Now he must make peace with the fact that he will die. He must come to terms that on a given date, his life will end with great certainty, lest he go insane. […]
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As Penn and Teller once explained, jugglers start as socially aware children who go outside and learn juggling with other children; magicians are misfits who stay in the house and teach themselves magic tricks out of spite. I’m sure we all can see which one I am.
To walk the earth amongst billions, yet apart, alone. Is it not a fear worthy of worry? To smile warmly and say hello, yet feel emptiness and falsehood. Is it not a fate worthy of avoiding? There is comfort in solitude, but there is only so much happiness derived from oneself…the human spirit yearns to reach out. […]
I must’ve had the most restful night of sleep last night: my dreams were vivid and varied. I experienced a wide gamut of emotions. There were little snippets of humor and fun, some scenes of gentle affectionate moments of romance, flashes of anger and violence…and everything else in between. They were little scenes that didn’t seem to […]
A lone banana skin, abandoned and separated from its body. It cries the lonely cry only the dead can croak. This peel is the only proof that someone sat here on this bench. Proof that someone exists out there who sat down and decided to have a piece of fruit. Who sat here, inches from my […]
Complete adoration, pure and simple in its childlike joy. A serenity that is found in the comfort of affection. Perhaps I have lived far too vicariously, for no longer does the glowing sight of such a romance fill the deep hole in my heart; it is becoming a dark and consuming void. Joy through the vicarious nature of my […]
Travis Bickle is someone I can identify with. I often quote him: “Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere.” He sees around him, “whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, sick, venal.” That is not so different from the current state of affairs we are in right now. There is underage drinking, underage sex, and illegal […]
