{"id":408,"date":"2012-02-17T17:22:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2018-01-21T03:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T03:22:11","slug":"when-you-become-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.myrealmind.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/when-you-become-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"When you become the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I tried to write<br \/>\nAnd the morning came<br \/>\nThe paper still was empty!<\/p>\n<p>I had been silent<br \/>\nYet the words spoke<br \/>\nTonight they just had vanished<\/p>\n<p>My thoughts wandered<br \/>\nTo the last few nights<br \/>\nAnd the story I had written<br \/>\n<!--more-->At last I looked out<br \/>\nTo the sky with 2 moons<br \/>\nHave I become the story?<\/p>\n<p>And now that, there were no words<br \/>\nI guess I was stuck here<br \/>\nMaybe forever!<\/p>\n<p>I waited for a few days<br \/>\nA few nights went by<br \/>\nFinally, it came, the torrent!<\/p>\n<p>I started writing, I finished the story<br \/>\nSlowly I came back out<br \/>\nBut even here now, something feels<br \/>\nTo be left behind<\/p>\n<p>When she failed to call<br \/>\nAnd the kingdom came down<br \/>\nI looked around, again, to remember<\/p>\n<p>Where was I?<br \/>\nWhere are the words?<br \/>\nWhat is the meaning,<br \/>\nof this purple sky?<\/p>\n<p>It was then,<br \/>\nThat the voices started<br \/>\nThey started shouting<br \/>\nThat you have to fight<br \/>\nIts not yet the time<br \/>\nto Surrender!<\/p>\n<p>And I shouted back<br \/>\nThat I cant, I cant fight anymore<br \/>\nTake me and do Whatever!<\/p>\n<p>Then they started laughing, at me<br \/>\nFor how weak am I<br \/>\nLost her to the world<br \/>\nAnd without a battle<\/p>\n<p>And then the darkness came<br \/>\nYet the sun was shining<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t hold on much longer<\/p>\n<p>Where is she?<br \/>\nWhat is the truth?<br \/>\nAnd whats not?<br \/>\nDo I even care?<br \/>\nAll that mattered was to find<br \/>\nThat one thing, in the end<\/p>\n<p>And to find that one thing<br \/>\nI had to ask, to ask once again<br \/>\nThe right questions,<br \/>\nin the wrong world<\/p>\n<p>I had to start somewhere<br \/>\nAnd so I began<br \/>\nTo find, discover rather<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;At this point I ran out of words again&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So I should say .. <strong>To Be continued maybe..<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I tried to write And the morning came The paper still was empty! 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