A WORLD WITHOUT HOPE
I’ve lost my imagination:
My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies;
My what if’s and if onlys and somedays
Buried under an avalanche of freezing reality
That blows down out of the north like a winter blizzard
Covering all my maybes and I hope so’s.
I have a new friend now,
Cold and hard as the grave,
Final, and just as inescapable.
I wanted so much; maybe too much,
I never thought so, but all my life
I’ve been told not to wish for what I wanted most,
Because I was never getting it.
Why should that change now?
The spark has gone out,
The one that says keep trying
I can’t fight inevitability. I know
I can’t control other peoples’ agendas,
My prayers bounce off the ceiling back at me, mocking.
Why do some people seem to get every desire of their hearts,
And others only get the manure pit?
So what’s left? Why go on?
I’ve never been a fan of self-destruction.
I’ll muddle through, I will. That’s all some of us
Have to hold on to. It’s not much, but it’s everything.
The new reality says to put one foot in front of the other,
Take my medicine, And live the best way I can
In a world without hope.
-August 3, 2011
Chip Bergeron
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A SWIFT 'KICK IN THE ARSE'!
We all have 'mood swings' - it's Human - it's Natural. When a 'bad day' hits, or we are 'down in the doldrums' - there is a very simple answer at that particular moment in time ... LIFE SUCKS!
DUH? However, a 'shitty' day, week, month, or even year ...
is a HELLUVA lot better than 'the Alternative' - isn't It?
"HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL!" ... "WHERE THERE'S LIFE - THERE'S HOPE!"
I did my very best to always teach my two children that HAPPINESS COMES FROM WITHIN! External Persons, Places, or Things can NOT make you HAPPY. It is a State of Mind - it is Achievable, but may require some Effort, or Work! It's a 'YOU CAN DO IT' state of mentality! Sure - SHIT HAPPENS! 'Get Over It!'
Very little in Life is constantly STATIC. Each & Every day, Each & Every one of us, who is 'Above Ground' is in a constant state of FLUX, or Change!
Millions, perhaps Billions, of NEW CELLS are growing in our bodies, Each & Every Day! The 'Old Suckers' are being 'sluffed off' in our bed-sheets every night. UGH!
This fact certainly applies to Brain Cells also! But, They're on the Pillow!
Part of The 'SECRET' - if there IS one - is also very simple, working to find a 'happy' or 'workable' Balance between MANIA - Positive Thinking - everything is just 'Ducky' ... and DEPRESSION - Negative Thinking - ALAS! WOE IS ME!
Maybe it's like we're walking a constant 'Tight-Rope' - BUT - We Have a Balance Bar always with us ... my own little version of a 4-H Club ...
HOPE - HAPPINESS - HARD WORK - HYPE ... All generated from Within!
Now, if'n you Happen to Have - Halitosis, or Hemorrhoids -
yer in a Different CLUB!
That's my 'Two-Cents' Worth Story ... and I'm Stickin' To IT! ...
Peace, Friend!
I hope you reach the same.
Ron
Your "...what if’s and if onlys and somedays... as well as your ... maybes and I hope so’s..." are strong emotions as well. WRITE ABOUT THEM!!!! Write about anything, as long as you keep writing. I can't tell you that it will take away your pain, but it certainly helped me to deal with mine long enough for TIME to do its thing.
In the beginning, the goal is to get through today, but eventually you start looking forward to tomorrow. Then you go on from there.
Hang in there, buddy and don't be afraid to talk or write about it.
Dick
Peace, Diana...
Love,
Sage