AS I sit at the keyboard, emotions simultaneously overflowing and stilfed I struggle to find the words in which I usually find much comfort. Then, an epiphany: I can't find them, because they are no longer there. They were once.
And perhaps they still are, only in a new form, with new meaning. I am reaching out to them, whole-heartedly, concerned with what this loss could mean, and they reach back further in the opposite direction.
No.
Not so. It is I who have changed. You see, I reach for words that still mean what they meant when we met, but these words no longer hold the same worth they did then, we have outgrown one another.
Also untrue: I have outgrown them, they haven't changed a bit.
Silly of me to think such terms could stay my crutch forever. Some words must, of course,
those...
08 February 2009
01 February 2009
well hello there
Hello, World.
I'm Chaina. I'm a thinker, a writer, a lover of people and things. and this is my blog.
on this site you will find all kinds off goodies: works-in-progress, completed poems, songs, and other writings, and the ramblings and insights of a (not so) random mind -which could include just about anything.
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The Case for Love
The Case for LoveThe Precedent Some call it the L-word, others spell it L-U-V, but this 4-letter word holds just as much power as its less-than-perfect counterparts. Often misconstrued as just another verb we can use, its changing power proves true and true again- if we let it. The OpinionA constant alteration of perception and a never-ending guide, it’s this single word that holds a key so readily available- often duplicated and often more so blatantly ignored, yet hardly ever used properly and to its full effect. The only true key to every city, every heart and every soul- the single-most reliever of this world’s most hurting strife. The shocking way in which to express everything and nothing in a language universally known and understood to man all across this planet.The undeniable approach...
