The Damage Has Already Been Done

Words are powerful things. They can record the events of history-the can shape the opinions of the masses. They can give form to ideas and emotions that exsist deep in our souls and set them free-they can build walls too tall to scale that imprison us. They can bring pleasure-they can cause pain.They can dam up in some and spill forth from others. They are poison-they are the cure. But once they are spoken they can't ever be denied. Everything they represent becomes reality. You can't "un speak" them any more than you can turn back the hands of time. I know this because I am staring at a clock that is out of sync with reality trying to use words to stem the flow of tears that other words caused to flow. Which in itself is an interesting choice of words because I really feel like I am standing on the banks of a river that has suddenly frozen over.

You asked me a question I have struggled all night to answer.....Now what?

So many thoughts are going through my head right now- which ones do I allow words to give birth to? Because there's no turning back now...no way to erase what's been said....no way to deny the ugly truth. But what answer are you really looking for?

Now what for you?.....or...
Now what for me?

If only one of those choices was Now what for us?

Night Vision

What is it that makes us so blind to the truth? What leads us to see things that aren't really there? The conventional answer is "love". But love is pure....it is a light so bright and true. Love, by its very nature can neither cheat nor deceive you.
So what is it then that distorts reality?
Maybe it's the desire of love....and not love itself... that does it. It's like reaching for a hand in a house of mirrors. Which is the flesh and which is an image? It's not always easy to tell. If love is the brightest star in the universe then shining it into a mirror will only blind us. Only our desire is reflected over and over and over again. But take away the silver backing and the mirror becomes a window. So are we looking in mirrors when we should be looking through windows? For the light to enfold us, we need to open the window and let it shine. Provided , of course, that it's not nailed shut from the other side.
But that's a story for another day.