Authored: August 13, 2023

I have spent a lot of today doing some writing away from social media. A day of peace, tranquility and inner calm before another week of work, of tasks and dealing with the vagaries of life.

Life haunts us. Our decisions and actions haunt us. The probity of apathy immersed us. Our retreat into things that give us pleasure removes us from the maelstrom of derealisation. Toward the end, we became a husk of who we once were.

Everything was once nothingness. A primeval slurry of a million hopes and dreams of what could be. When I close my eyes, I saw the advancing line of fire through the night and the trees. And heard the cries of ancient branches coming to an end after hundreds of years.

"Close your eyes, Julie."

“If the answer is not the one you want, maybe you're not asking the right question.”