[Industrialblog,
May 27, 2005]
Darkness, Part XVIII
ZombyBoy did a meditation on memory, regret and forgiveness. It's a very personal item and he was brave to share it and braver to leave it up. Since it's personal, I don't want to quote much except this: "...in the darkest hours of the night, it’s all still there."
Sometimes in the night I'm reminded of a Robert Silverberg story, Symbiont. The narrator's failure to live up to an agreement forces three people to suffer greatly. The narrator finally acts, too late, concluding [paraphrasing] that the ghosts he's haunted by are his own.
And that's enough for a workin' man.
What I am is what I am.
Ah, nothing like sappy lyrics from the 70s to put it all in perspective.
Sometimes in the night I'm reminded of a Robert Silverberg story, Symbiont. The narrator's failure to live up to an agreement forces three people to suffer greatly. The narrator finally acts, too late, concluding [paraphrasing] that the ghosts he's haunted by are his own.
And that's enough for a workin' man.
What I am is what I am.
Ah, nothing like sappy lyrics from the 70s to put it all in perspective.