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Non-Fiction
An Observation
By LilGryphMaster
24 March 2005
I didn't want to put this under short-story or poetry.. It's still prose.

Here's an observation:

No matter how great, friendly, or interesting the things you do, most will eventually forget. Somehow you always end up in the dark with no one there to hold your hand.

You can hear the voices all around you, even the ones familiar to you. Yet, there is no one to be seen and there is no one by your side.

You were once in the shimmering light; but now the bulb has gone out.

Soon enough, everything you have savored has vanished with a snap. You are alone again as you once were before.

Perhaps alone is where you should be, then. Time is quickly diminishing for you, and you can no longer stand the pain of failure and loneliness.


But then, perhaps somewhere in the distance there is a glimmer of light. A light you just want to grasp hold of and put in your pocket for another day. The light will grow stronger, as will you. One day the light will be so strong and bright that you can do nothing more but follow it. You will follow it, bringing you back into the hands of the ones you were seeking for so long. The ones that were thought to have forgotten you.

You're back with the familiar faces; happy again. But this time... This time you will never let the light go out. You'll live the rest of your life with every ounce of energy you have. Life is too short to do otherwise. You will savor every moment and power that light with every ounce of happiness life gives.

Go.

Live.

Be happy.

Never let the darkness bring you down with it's cold clammy hands.

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More background, please.
Written by montholon (17 comments posted) 4th May 2005
I would love to know the background to this piece. My own impression is that it is about someone recovering from a deep depression, but perhaps I am misinterpreting it. I particulary like the last line with its image of darkness having cold clammy hands. 
 
Just one thing, if I may. Be careful with your use of apostrophes. There is no call for one in 'its cold clammy hands'. It may just be a typo, of course, but if you are unsure I would recommend Lynn Truss's book 'Eats, shoots and leaves' for her lighthearted approach to the subject.

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