Reflection Of The Self
A search for meaning
Thoughtless correspondence with the man in the mirror.
Trees shed skin, leaves rustle in the wind.
We stand staring from the balcony.
Walk out indifferently onto the street.
The first rain pours over him as he makes his way to the park.
We wonder why the man gave up on his pitiful existence.
The sky ceases to cry upon his arrival.
The ripples on the puddle collected at the lake’s bed rest. He leans forward.
Glancing over to the other side. At the image of himself.
Wonders why his hands are so cold.
No wool gloves will warm them.
The man craves the touch of a love once known.
What are you doing! My own reflection scolded me…
Get a grip! Why do I even bother
He thinks to himself as he chokes and drops to his knees, drops run down his face.
Didn’t it stop raining? It did.
Will you leave me alone! You can’t outrun me, I speak it. That which your heart wants the most. The very things you seem to run away from!
The man kneels there confused, as couples and families around him walk past… bewildered at the sight of a shrugged man kneeling motionless atop the dried lake’s now wet bed.
Who knows love better than YOU! Get up and feel proud. For there is nothing more valuable to a human being than timeless, priceless lessons about LOVE, HUMILITY, and SACRIFICE.
… The Man falls silent, his thoughts muted as if he’s finally listening.
Do you know what love really is?
Love is when you don’t run away when shit hits the fan, it’s when you stick it through thick and thin!
It’s not going to find something better, for there will always be differences.
You deserve someone that will bear with you as you will bear with them.
You deserve a family with a woman that chose you the same as you have chosen her!
The man rises to his feet and wipes his tears.
Thats’ right. Love doesn't come easy. Starting a family and making this commitment isn’t a skip in the park. IT’S COMMITMENT!
That’s right. That’s the meaning of LOVE for the man.
LOVE for him means SACRIFICE.
The man walks back home, light shines a clearer path for him.
A clearer day for he who has no family, he who fends for himself!
He who with will alone can part the skies, pave ways through thunder clouds of pain and rain.
For when the right woman comes along. The man will know… To give her the world. For if she sacrifices for him, she will deserve it… His WORLD.
