Re: OT: It's NOT all we can do.

[Kris <krismpy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mad-Hamlet,

Nice thoughts on continuing to write and create
throughout this tragedy. Here's my two-cents
worth in the form of a poem about always battling
the evil that's within us. IMHO, we'll never win
against these terrorists and those like them
unless we fight the part of ourselves that could
become like them.

Kris

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I'm trying. 
I really am. 
I contantly steel myself against the enemy. 
Still the beast pervades my soul. 
It's ruined my life so often, 
Or maybe I've ruined it. 
Whether me or it doesn't really matter. 
All that matters is the fight. 
Even though there are no swords, 
There's still glory to be won-- 
Though the glory is in the struggle. 
A duel to the death may be honorable, 
But duelling 'til death is indeed a noble
victory!

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--- Mad-Hamlet@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm three thousand miles away. 
> I'm going to repeat that. Not only because it's
> vaugly important but 
> I'm a little drunk.
> I'M THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY!
> 
> I can't even give blood.
> I cannot help in any way shape or form. Or so
> the rest of reality 
> tries to convince me, or us.
> Which is just bull.
> We write.
> We create.
> Okay, so we can't fix anything.
> We can't find those responsible and deliver
> them to 'Justice'(For me 
> Justice would involve a spigot, a large barrel
> of water, 'Them' tied 
> to a table and a drop on their forehead every
> five minutes. Chinese 
> Water torture is _SO_ underated.)
> But that's besides the point. 
> The POINT is I STILL can do something. We can
> do something.
> Above and beyond anything else, this is and
> was, a psychological 
> attack. Those who were not killed have been
> left behind with a sense 
> of helplessness. Well I'm not helpless. I'm not
> exactly HelpFUL either 
> but..that's semantics.
> I cannot reach out, and pull everyone into a
> warm embrace, I cannot 
> whisper words of comfort and support in their
> ears. I'm not dumb 
> enough to think so.
> What I can do, what we can do, is what we've
> always done.
> 
> Create.
> 
> Alright, we were lucky. So far(And I hope it
> continues) none of our 
> community was directly involved. We're all
> still here. Hurting, but 
> here.
> Yay us.
> Write people.
> Write snippets.
> Write a damn paragraph. 
> Write about Waffies and smiles, cuddles and
> warm times. Hell, go for 
> broke and write about HOT times. I don't give a
> clusterfuck on a stick 
> if you're a lurker just looking for sex stories
> to get your jollies of 
> off and have never typed anything in your life.
> WRITE.
> 
> Create
> 
> Let things be born anew. We can't just 'undo'
> the losses but by God, 
> come hell or high water..Check that..we have
> the hell. Okay..Come 
> Hight Water than, ...er..wow. Tanget city.
> Anyhow.
> Write.
> 
> We can't help everyone but we can help each
> other.
> Some would lable this as 'esacapsism'. Than
> prattle on about 'not 
> being able to handle reality.' 
> Excuse me?
> I write because I don't WANT to be ensnared in
> the 'This is the way it 
> is' aspects of reality.
> Oh make no mistake, I accept it and am runing
> from nothing, but what's 
> a little 'make believe' eh?
> I mean, I have the whole IPID formula backing
> me up here.
> IPID. Infinite Possibilites In Infinite
> Dimensions.
> So...this can let us conclude that just because
> it's fiction doesn't 
> mean it's not happening.....somewhere.
> Do not dismiss what happened, do not think
> 'It'll go away' because it 
> won't. But don't be paralysed by it. Don't be
> EATEN by it. 
> We're here.
> We're alive.
> So BE alive.
> I am.
> 
> Currently I'm working on my next part of the
> 'On Occasions' series. 
> I will be continuing 'Ashes' as well. Now is
> not the time to stand in 
> the way of Stories, now is the time to write
> more fervently than ever 
> before. 
> 
> Stories are one of the few things I actually
> hold sacred. Above all 
> else I love 'The Story'. Some would argue that
> this is not the time 
> for such 'Trivialities'. I promise you, more
> than at any other time 
> this is. I can't give blood, and I can't hold
> you close in a fuzzy 
> embrace assuring you everything will be 'okay'.
> 
> I can only be what I am.
> A writer.
> A creator.
> If IPID Is right, I'm a God.
> Heh..wouldn't that be swell?
> Be a God people. Write.
> Please?
> 
> 
> Of course this is only my opinion.
> I could be wrong.
> 
> I remain, as always,
> Mad-Hamlet



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