It is tragic...

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    Life is hard. It seems humans are made to suffer, and as writers or students of literature we deal a lot with death, evil, sorrow, the darker side of life. These conditions are integral to what it means to be human, which isn’t to say that life or literature isn’t filled with triumphs of the human spirit, love conquering all, beauty, and kindness, because it is. But this lovelier side of life is the side that we all would rather experience firsthand rather than through an artistic medium. Sometimes tragedy trumps comedy and romance—it allows us to experience the dark side of life without endangering ourselves to its consequences, just as scuba divers enjoy a swim amidst a school of sharks provided there’s a cage protecting them. The beauty of it is that we don’t have to go through our troubles alone, why even the smallest gestures of empathy/sympathy might be enough to alleviate some of the pangs of what ails us. We suffer together, we heal together.


The dark elixir has failed me,

For how it abounds in bitterness,

It falls short in potency.

Yet ‘tis my only friend,

If I Shall fall victim?

I have lost the day and lost myself.








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pretty deep bro