Category: journal
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[525] Vivid Night, Vivid Light
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As I gazed upon my lifeI see a divide so clearMy yearning soul and the worldly strideMy ambition rears its teethas authenticity dies a silent death My heart craves revelling in the inner realmbut the external world the sound of a drill in my mindI am reminded of my privileged lifeAnd the inner light that…
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[509] Solving The Puzzle
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Puzzles of a storychurning in my soulThe medium stays runningWhere do I find the source?Painful to live in the pastSo the future is where I resideThe makings of a storyrustier every nightSunbeams on my eyesI wake up to tonightA blank slate of calm for a whileThen the while simply diesTroubles of the heart take time…
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[508] Puzzles of the Mind
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An eternity without words or lives without eternitysentences without meaningno centre within or withoutIn shadows, haunting of the pastIn light, shimmering of the futureI find myself in extremesof inability to understand or being able to understand it allPeople move on but I stayTimes change but I am the sameThe expression has quietened The words have…
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[159] The Return of The Symphony
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To let the music write a story in your mind is an experience like no other. The language of music ranges from producing emotions such as anger, love, hopelessness and sometimes all of these in one go. My mind was writing a story tuned to Mozart’s Piano Sonata No.16 Andante. A story of a slow…
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[149] The Future Waits For None
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As I sit here, a realisation dawns on me. The world nods in confirmation of my fear that it doesn’t really require me as it runs without me unabashedly. This doesn’t come as a surprise at all but it comes like that strong gust of wind that uproots even the most rooted grass from the…
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[148] Solo Travelling
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A snow-capped summit that evades you. You are filled with fear of the distance, of the journey that is unknown. Sounds that you’ve never heard conjure and hijack your senses packing your ambitions behind fear. One day you wake up remembering why you dreamt at all. The morning motivation coupled with no external stimuli of…
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[140] Wasted Times
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Stillness without contentment is just anxiety brooding. You can have the laziest day turn into a day of rest or it can turn into a day of sulking over your lack of productivity. Being holed up in a room and catching up with yourself can be tiring in an ironical way. Introspection takes effort and…