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In honour of Rememberance Day, I wrote this during the two minute silence:
Lux Aeternis
Through rain, sleet or snow,
We shall persevere.
The spark that lives inside us
Shall not die, shall not fall silent.
Though we may be oppressed,
Broken, beaten down and destroyed,
We shall persevere.
We shall not die.
At times when it seems hopeless,
We may falter, stumble,
But our iron will remains unbending.
Our resolve shall not be overcome.
Though we may die,
Though our bodies, mere shells that they are,
May rot away,
We are more than men.
We are an idea, a hope, a dream,
And that cannot be killed.
Long after we?re gone,
When we are lost to the ravages of time,
The spark will take root in a new generation.
The spark shall blossom, become more.
That spark shall become a thought,
That thought shall become a word,
And that word shall become an idea,
The very same idea we, and those before us, died to protect.
That idea will grow,
Unbound by the constrains of humanity,
And in that we shall be granted new life?
Every man, woman and child who died
Daring to believe in a better world;
A world where none suffer, are persecuted or victimized,
A world of freedom, of love,
And of life.
It may not be great, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Lux Aeternis
Through rain, sleet or snow,
We shall persevere.
The spark that lives inside us
Shall not die, shall not fall silent.
Though we may be oppressed,
Broken, beaten down and destroyed,
We shall persevere.
We shall not die.
At times when it seems hopeless,
We may falter, stumble,
But our iron will remains unbending.
Our resolve shall not be overcome.
Though we may die,
Though our bodies, mere shells that they are,
May rot away,
We are more than men.
We are an idea, a hope, a dream,
And that cannot be killed.
Long after we?re gone,
When we are lost to the ravages of time,
The spark will take root in a new generation.
The spark shall blossom, become more.
That spark shall become a thought,
That thought shall become a word,
And that word shall become an idea,
The very same idea we, and those before us, died to protect.
That idea will grow,
Unbound by the constrains of humanity,
And in that we shall be granted new life?
Every man, woman and child who died
Daring to believe in a better world;
A world where none suffer, are persecuted or victimized,
A world of freedom, of love,
And of life.
It may not be great, but I'm happy with the way it turned out.
dammit i was going to pull that joke, im sad now.Suiseiseki IRL said:You rang? And th reason for that is because I wasn't entertaining with happiness. I get a lot more lulz when I'm a *****.Simalacrum said:Following on from that (though, I did make that thread several months ago...), I've decided to add a little more optimism into The Escapist, as anyone who joins this lovely place seems to turn very quickly into a cinical bastards (Heck, I swear Suiseki IRL always used to make positive threads about good and happy things when she first joined, and now she's turned like the rest of us - pessimistic)
OT: I'd post a something beautiful, however at the moment my face is not on a digital format.
/ego
something beautiful? well...
Beautiful? How about a little Bubu!
Ohh and here is a pic I took recently whilst on Bidston Hill.
Ohh and here is a pic I took recently whilst on Bidston Hill.
Her first thread (to my knowledge) was about being the weird kid in school and how much people hated her for her looks, I think that's hardly optimistic. Other threads she did were quote positive, though.Simalacrum said:Following on from that (though, I did make that thread several months ago...), I've decided to add a little more optimism into The Escapist, as anyone who joins this lovely place seems to turn very quickly into a cinical bastards (Heck, I swear Suiseki IRL always used to make positive threads about good and happy things when she first joined, and now she's turned like the rest of us - pessimistic
But to contribute:
this bit of poem from The Wheel of Time
My love is gone, carried away
by the wind that shakes the willow,
and all the land is beaten hard
by the wind that shakes the willow.
But I will hold her close to me
in heart and dearest memory,
and with her strength to steel my soul,
her love to warm my heart-strings
I will stand where we once sang,
though cold wind shakes the willow
by the wind that shakes the willow,
and all the land is beaten hard
by the wind that shakes the willow.
But I will hold her close to me
in heart and dearest memory,
and with her strength to steel my soul,
her love to warm my heart-strings
I will stand where we once sang,
though cold wind shakes the willow
That was... bliss. You don't happen to have more where that came from? I've been trying to get into classical music for ages because I think it's supposed to be brilliant, but I've never managed.dragon_of_red said:
While we're on good songs, I'll share another one with you which I since recently am able to play on my guitar;
Also, 1000th post o/
First a video to kick things off,
Second my favorite photo from my favorite hiking trail
[sub]I dont think anyones going to see this its on the second page[/sub]
Second my favorite photo from my favorite hiking trail
Don't be mistaken, this is pure brilliance and I've bookmarked the thread. Why did I never get the idea to ask the Escapist for beautiful things? Every thing in every post I've seen so far is a tearjerker. I'm going to scroll through this thread and listen and look at everything posted in it lateron when I have more time.RavingPenguin said:
Because the cynics on board would discourage such thought.Mozared said:
I will too, I'm eager to see what everyone posted.Mozared said:
