Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Lake


I have come to the edge of the world. I was sent here by forces greater than my control.  However, not every string is being pulled by someone else.  Now that this place is a reality, I have a say in what happens. 

Its been a while since I've been happy.  But today, for the first time in my life, I was 500 miles from the closest television.  Its not much, but its a start.  People have forgotten what is was like to be alone with themselves. 

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. -Fyodor Dostoevsky

The source was located.  It was distraction.  Distraction from whats staring you in the face.  Life.  Hate. Beauty. Pain. Love. Death.   Things that can't be ignored.

Now here is the biggest lake in the world.  The cliff spreads from my boots down 1000 feet. Then the water, calm, spreads to the horizon where, if the sun catches it right, you can see snowy cloud crowned mountains.  If you had told me that this was the edge of our natural world, I'd have believed you at that moment. There is nothing here.  I built something.  A trivial pile of rocks.  A marker.  Just to show I was here with the nothingness. 

Who's to say its not the edge?  Its the edge for me.  For now.  If I leave, I will fall off, and I dont think I'll be able to climb back up. 

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