The Face of Loss

Have you ever seen it,

    A gaze so forlorn that you are awe struck? As if you realized that life had meaning or you saw God before you standing there. Truth bestowed upon you by one who was utterly downcast. It is then, by the look upon their face, that you know for certain and maybe for the first time, there is something more precious about life than merely existing day by day in the monotony of autonomy in society today.

    In that moment you are so inspired by a myriad of emotions, the onslaught of awe. There is mourning and sorrow for who they are... What is their story, how did they come to be here in this fashion and why is their face so riddled with endless; the next word is indescribable, it could be helpless lonely hopelessness, I cannot say... But you can, for you have indeed seen someone in this state, whether you realized it then or not.

    It may be that awareness has struck you for the first time, for many it does not linger, trapped in a moment behind walls of external comfort; for the realm of the soul and who we really are, is vastly uncomfortable, especially at the onset of consciousness. You see, the man before you is just another man, but when you see his soul so naked out in public, upon the street near a station of various hue, it strikes you. 'How could anyone show so much of themselves here, out in plain view for everyone to see?'

     The answer is simple; their soul, even unto themselves, is all that they have left and it is so forlorn that nothing really matters... Nothing, not even the change you might drop in their lap, not the food or alcohol it might purchase, they seek sedation, hope or death... Just as you do, save you are hiding and they are dying.

    In perpetual motion of fading, everyone is within the same realm of existence, but what you do with who you are is who you really are. How you treat and subsequently think about everything around you and even yourself.

    Consciousness is being keen that you are and the setting you are in, thus those who might perceive you. This drives the construct of confidence or self image and how we project it.

    Awareness is the knowledge of self in the present moment, who you are and what you aught to do in that specific moment... Or maybe what you want to do and thus being aware of the trinity of self, Body, Mind and Will.

     So do not protect your projection! Live in virtue, inspiring the will of others to hope and the resurrection of dreams!

     I have witnessed the tide of a human life change course,Without a warning,No winds,Tide or tale,To wither without attempt is humanity's deepest regret,In the afterlife it is shame!

In earnest anticipation of,
VoT