Caustic Echo. It was darkness all along. But you were young and it was summer. You just had to take a dive...
Psyche
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Caustic Echo. It was darkness all along. But you were young and it was summer. You just had to take a dive...
A tremendous loneliness comes over you. Everybody in the world is doing something without you.
You're just as alone as the last time. Whatever kept you company in this world -- what kept you safe -- has left your side, never to return again.
"Why are you doing this? Don't do this to me, please!" Remember? Who was that meant for?
Beauty has abandoned you in this ugliness, honcho. And then some! You cannot even remember the name of beauty; what beauty was...
But he is... you can feel it. Or maybe it's something else then!
No thoughts to come back to, no scenes to replay.. It feels calm the way deep sleep is supposed to be.
You're wrong there. Incompleteness is the essence of mystery.
Maybe you should... What if the cockatoo is your astral captain? Or your heraldic bird?
I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU EVER AGAIN! STOP CALLING ME! GET LOST FROM MY LIFE, YOU RUINED IT!
OH MY GOD, WHY ARE YOU CALLING ME? STOP CALLING ME! ARE YOU DRUNK AGAIN?
So tell me, how does it feel -- to be close to someone, skin to skin?
You focus on the hug and for a moment everything feels serene. You hear her heart beating -- or perhaps it's your own.
Maybe you should check that cockatoo book again... What if the cockatoo is your heraldic bird?