Breaky Breaky

Do you know something that is ever weaker than our heart? It is the resolve to leave our heart out of some matters. Meddling kids would know better to not let emotions flow, because everyone has had their share of kick in the gut. But alas, we are stuck in this limbo of indecisiveness. Heartbreak, people! That is what I am talking about. For those who never had it, they must at least once feel it, because you never know if it is the last time when you get to actually live.

There was a time when I was begging for a heart. Things were so static and boring that I never thought I would make it into wallow central. A few milligrams of love hormones later, I begged to take that wish back. After thousands of hours of thinking it over, there I was, back to square one. And then I realised the whole beauty of the situation. We are meant to be in this state of disorder and uncertainty. After fighting for stability all our lives, there is one thing we always need to pull us up from our cozy bed and take us off to an adventure. Who does not like an affair? An insecure relationship? When all is not definite, the forbidden fruit smells all the more sweet.

If you fell for the above lines of sympathy, I would laugh at you harder than I laughed at me when I tried to fool myself. Words; that is all these are. No amount of writing and late night alone-time can make it go away. The longing stays for too long. And on the rare cases that you are lucky, it stays forever.

Powerful Illusion

Power. That single five lettered word can get you hard or crack your ribs, depending on which side of it you’re on. Somebody told me it isn’t the best thing in the world, but that certainly doesn’t make it any less desirable. The world runs on its mercy. If you don’t have it, lots of girls would rather have a puppy than have you. And this is what the end of the world looks like. People are so blinded by the desire to feel accepted; that all you need to show them is the illusion of power.

Everyone can’t have the real thing, there is too little of it in this world. But instead, what they can do is get people thinking that the thieves are the real owners. Hell even Bruce Wayne wants some nice shiny vinyl on his Bat Mobile before he takes it for a spin; because he knows exactly the things that attract middle aged superhero fans. Give it a whip, sparkle it up, get some shiny clothes and expensive shoes, some makeup and you are on your way to stardom. Sounds shallow? Careful what you say there because everyone does the exact thing every time looking for things new (and shiny).

Talk about irony, this piece is a perfect example. I could have written it with more substance and less bling. But then, I would have had research scholars with their thesis probes instead of a cooler and less geeky audience. Did I dish out more information? Probably not. Did I dish out something effective? Maybe. At the end, what finds its way is what lasts. Nobody gets to judge, because nobody can.