The arrest of my cynical descent

[vicariance]

I have come to a point in my life where I have begun to believe that my life's spark has been leaking out since birth, with regularity, such that by the end of my life I will be a shuffling, joyless husk. Fucking pessimistic I know. But it just feels that I am decreasingly able to experience the kind of soul-rending passion that has marked the

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[dorklord07]

Just wanted to comment that I fucking love your writing style and, with the notable exception of the Twilight reference (which should be condemned to fire), fsking loved this post.

[vicariance]

Regardless of your opinion as to the quality of that piece of literature, the reference to a melodramatically impossible love is apropos, I think. I suppose Romeo and Juliet would have worked as well, better, for the implication of grand love's evanescence applies to my dream. Oh well.

And thank you for the compliment :)

Re: Whew!

[vicariance]

How many things that you love do I tell you are garbage?

Of those, how many have I done so without exploring before denouncing?

[vicariance]

I've been reading this poem to a lot of people lately.

[dorklord07]

Ha! I didn't believe I even wrote that until I remembered how much fun it was to write it.

[vicariance]

I still love you to hell and back, brother