This post is written for a Philosophical Essay Challenge about depravity by the Literati Mafia. ----------------------------------- Today I spent an hour staring at a blank computer screen while trying to answer the question of human depravity, watching the cursor blink in and out of existence, and waiting for the words to pour out of me. [...]
Sometimes it feels as if I do not exist. I have faded away so much that I am essentially dead. After following the patterns of humanity I am finally allowed to sink under the covers of my blanket and let the darkness of the night dissolve me. Moments like this, when only a sea of [...]
The way in which The blinds on the bathroom window Adopt the soft pink hue of the rising sun Makes me think that sometimes Waking up is not all that bad Or the way in which the darkness lingers And the fog still covers the world Peacefully At seven in the morning. The dew is [...]
Dear Summer, As I used up the last leaves of the peach tea I knew you had gone It has been raining a lot, But it’s the cold kind of rain, the sad kind of rain The kind of rain where you can’t hope for the sun to come out Because it’s just too far [...]
I decided to venture out of my hiding place tonight. I think I just ran out of air to breathe. Or maybe my mind is trying to save me: one last nudge out of its suffocating cage before it completely decides to give up on me. But I know my brain won’t quit. The human [...]
We would all be dead if we believed in parallel universes. If we take the idea that every action that could possibly happen happens in another universe and truly embrace it and live life by it, all the human ambition that has brought us this far would die. If you truly believe that an outcome [...]
She is afraid of the dark. In a life where she depends on the visual world too much, when the sun sets and the lights go out, there is nothing for her mind to do than to wander into dark and mysterious places. All the distractions and reasons to forget disappear. She is forced to [...]
A few days ago, I was having dinner with my family. My brother was staring pensively into his plate of pasta, and, after some time, said inquisitively: “I wish salt could be red so I could know whether or not I’ve added enough of it.” Imagine how convenient that would be, always having visual evidence [...]
Stress and anxiety are longtime friends of mine They sit in the corner of my mind, gnawing at my thoughts, Turning me into someone I don’t want to be I see them in the corner of my eye I feel them, like water in my lungs Forcing me to take gasping breaths In a room [...]
Sometimes When I drown in the emptiness of meaningless work When I feel like a machine Computing letters and figures to store In the mechanical wiring of my brain When I search for the human side of me Hoping it's hiding somewhere in the darkness When I just can't go any further I make myself [...]
Kat's observations. 