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Feelings Made of Candlelight |
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Alone, left with this feeling you don't quite know what to make of. Suppose you're abandoned, but then again you that's not exactly true, it never will be. Suppose you're feeling lonely, but the candlelight gives you some kind of comfort that also makes this a lie. Amazing, how it makes everything close to it so well lit, but yet the room is still so dark. Does it remind of you of a simpler time? Before technology swooped in and turned the majority of us into vain, ungrateful snobs. Does it make you realize how much you do actually have? Make you want to fully utilize it and let go of all those silly things you want? Can you imagine it? What it was like before? Before all this... craziness. They went on, living day by day, hand to mouth, without half the luxuries you have, and never even thought to complain. Do you remember all those things you thought just had to be complained about, so the world could know just how much injustice you've had to deal with. They don't seem like such a burden now, do they? Could you imagine, losing your awful, annoying sister when she was only ten? Do you even want to? It's only a candle, lit because of a blackout, but it seems like so much more now, doesn't it? Maybe it's your time machine, maybe it's your call to a simpler time, maybe it's here to remind you, you're not the only person in the world. Maybe it's just a candle, and you simply know something needs to change. When you're living for yourself, of course you'll be alone at the end of the day, it's the only person you've cared for. People can only travel down one-way streets for only so long. Eventually they need a way back, back to what made them happy. Like a house filled to the brim with candles, simply because that's the only source of light. A house so filled with life, that it doesn't need the excess brightness, it would just be too much and one would have to die down. A house so filled with laughter and love, no one notices that the corners are dark, or even thinks to complain about how little they have. They live day to day, hand to mouth, but they don't care, probably don't even notice. Their needs are fulfilled and they have someone to share it with. Do they need more? You use to think so, and when the lights flicker back and the flame turns to smoke, you'll continue to do so. Is it horrible to live with luxuries? Horrible to take things for granted? No, and honestly, it's kind of hard not to. But to forget the needs of others, to forget those who have so much less, to get caught up with your wants, with what's new, with yourself? More horrible then words can describe. So keep the candle, lit it ever once in a while, watch how it burns and remember. Maybe then you can stop for a moment and think, 'What want can I use to fulfill someone else's need?'
 11_-ICHy-_11 · Sun Nov 07, 2010 @ 05:51am · 0 Comments |
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