This Godless Endeavor

I postanowiłem sobie poznać mądrość i wiedzę, szaleństwo i głupotę. Poznałem, że również i to jest pogonią za wiatrem, bo w wielkiej mądrości – wiele utrapienia, a kto przysparza wiedzy – przysparza i cierpień. —- [Yob – Marrow] All these things That have come to pass Emptied well Of times that never last All these […]

From childhood’s hour I have not been As others were—I have not seen As others saw—I could not bring My passions from a common spring— From the same source I have not taken My sorrow—I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone— And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone

If we conquer the years and fight through the tears There is nothing that can stand in our way Nothing can stand in our way And nothing can make the world go away

Bind our wrists like slaves

Death is a constant presence in my life, as I disintegrate from within and from without. It is no stranger, but a comforting horizon. I would not seek it actively – but I am often terrified by the abhorrent thought of immortality. I would have gladly lived forever as an abstract entity. But, as I […]