Sensed but unseen
Fourth Person said on his blog today, "There is always something moving beneath. It can be sensed but not seen." This reminds me of a realization I made because of a very close friend. He enters a house and locks all the doors, closes all the blinds. These are the actions of a person at peace with himself. At peace with himself, but fearful of the world outside. When I enter a house, I rip open the curtains, unlock all the doors and turn on all the lights. These are the actions of a person who knows the world outside can not do more harm than the demons from within.These people know that the only protection is escape away. As harborers of internal monsters, we become ever better at locking the fear down in the dungeons of our beings and pretending that they are docile and tamed. We know they are there, but we lull ourselves into a sense of security as if we have found the much vaunted stillness, but still "There is always something moving beneath. It can be sensed but not seen."
posted by Joseph K at 9:52 PM
3 Comments:
i fear things inside and out. i'm a cavedweller
Bush is forever saying that democracies do not invade other countries and start wars. Well, he did just that. He invaded Iraq, started a war, and killed people. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear.
If ever there was ever a time in our nation's history that called for a change, this is it!
The more people that the government puts in jails, the safer we are told to think we are. The real terrorists are wherever they are, but they aren't living in a country with bars on the windows. We are.
Anonymous, I certainly appreciate your comment although I wonder if it does not belong to a different post. I am quite concerned about the numbers of people incarcerated in this country and agree wholeheartedly with what you say about fear. Let's hope what is moving beneath is people's resistance to tyranny.
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