The Question You've Been Searching For

Sometimes you find the things you have been looking for in the strangest of places. Sometimes its not the answer you are looking for, but rather the question. Cos if you dont know the question, then the answer is useless. Its like having the answers to a jigsaw puzzle, but not having the puzzle itself.

It was in 2005, I played Final Fantasy VI for almost a month to finish it up. No Great Graphics, nothing apparently new in it, and yet it remains to date one of most loved Square Games (a poll by Square said that). And though not my personal all time favourite (a few other's would go over it anyday), it was a nice game. The best thing about all the Final Fantasy games are the indepth storyline, the character development over the course of the game, and the awesome music that could be doing rounds as solo music.

The game is about - ??!! Ummm! Well, if you want to find out what the game is all about then you can most definitely check out wikipedia and find out. Though I still think that Breath of Fire 4 remains my all time favourite game, cos when it finishes, you feel so empty, like you've lived the last 96 hours (yes!) with those characters.

But returning back to what I really wanted to say, there is this opera song in this game. And the video they made for that, dont watch all those things flying in the background, watch what your supposed to do. It's very important to identify the things that are relevant to you in any thing you see. And just read those words that appear, and close your eyes to the music. And it was like something I can't explain.

A question you have searched all your life, you find here of all places. And though, weirdly enough, I have been trying to decipher it for the last two years, and if I ever dare to place it in front of someone, they think I have lost it!!!! Oh I remember, when I first posed this question, and the reply was - You should get it published in the newspaper, you're a good writer???!!!!!

All I can say is - the crazy laughing smiley on yahoo is my answer!!!

Unforeseen Visitors : Invasion of the Shore

If you sat at a shore and saw a dolphin jump out of the water then you would marvel at the sight you have just witnessed. And you would wait for the dolphins to jump out again. But for how long would that amaze you? Not for long I fear. In economics that is called the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility!! Ha Ha!! I just remembered economics in the middle of a philosophical tale. But then, economics is based on human behaviour.

But would the same stand true for a rainbow? Well, I believe rainbows have some cosmic/divine energy about them and hence the theory wouldnt stand true.

He was happy with his lonely shore I guess. Maybe some nights he would cry out in anguish at the lake, and the winds, and the rocks, and at himself. But then all of us are entitled to moments of such insanity. One night, he finds an empty bottle, and he decides to test out the waters, and writes a letter and throws it back into the lake. A fool's hope is all you have, when you do actions beyond your own comprehension. He wouldnt admit it, but hope never dies, even if everything else dies.

And lo presto, the next morning he wakes up to a thundering sound. Ships!!!! Humans coming back to the deserted island!!!! Things unheard of!!! All the animals had gathered near the shore, watching another herd of animals disembark the ship. And what might they be doing here.

He knows those faces, oh yes he does.

They look back at astonishment. And they are all smiling at him - the one that was left behind. Why are they here?? He watches them setting up a camp near the shore. "My shore!!"

Slowly he turns away, and decides to move a bit further from this camp. His part of the shore isnt far away. A rock circle, with turtles playing in the shallow waters, and unfinished sand castles await him. Just then, a gentle voice calls out him name from behind. He turns back to see a familiar face, and an even more familiar glass bottle.

"You sent this last night."
Well, ummmm! He wasnt expecting an answer to the letter, was he?

She continued - "This is not a lake you know, its an ocean, a very vast ocean, and beyond this ocean lie great things, marvellous cities, and a whole new world."

They walked towards his home - the hollow stone circle. How was he to say that he made a statue of her last night, but demolished it in his rage, because he thought it didnt look pretty. The pieces of the statue looked pretty to him though!! How ironic!!

"Why are all these people here?"

"They have come to build an observation post here."

"WWWHAAATTTT!!!"

"Why dont you come with us, across the oceans, and you would love it there, everyone does!!"

"Ummmm! This is my home! I love it here."

"Then why the letter??"

"I don't know."

"Yes you do, you don't wanna be here, come with us."

"Noooo! I dont belong there......, besides, I love it here."

She said no further, and walked back to the camp. He stood there, watching the sun go down. It hadnt set yet. There was this cliff nearby, and he quickly made his way up there, and the wind blew on his face, and in his head the song - Across The Stars was playing. A signboard nearby read - On your own? And now he could also see smoke coming from the direction of the camp. They have taken everything dear to me, and now of all things, this place too.......

You say you wander your own land
But when I think about it
I don't see how you can
You're aching, you're breaking
And I can see the pain in your eyes
Says everybody's changing
And I don't know why

---keane---

Untitled

Unsung Song Unsaid Words

Asking You a Question

Unfinished Life Unattempted Promises

Glaring at You

Everything is Falling around you

Everyone is Crawling upon you

And you think to your self

Is this life or what

Everything has hollowed now

And Is this where we end

Stop Asking those Questions

Keep Walking and Maybe the tunnel ends

Silence of the Lambs....

You stare for a while and then you turn away. You think you know those faces, yes you do... But you don't belong there. There is a wretched silence and everything drowns in that silence. Its not just an exterior silence, it's silent inside and that is dangerous. Very dangerous. Silence has crept into the system...its not easy to repel this silence.....



When was the last time you said your lines... Never....

When was the last time you sung your song aloud.....Never......

When was the last time you laughed your heart out......Never.....

They look back with astonishment, and then u watch it turn into a smirk, and then the smirk turns into a monster.....And it haunts you in your unconsciousness.

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out

He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now

I feel miserable for him. He just doesnt wanna wake up and have another morning. And what do u do for such a person. The height of laziness is when you refuse to live. There is no apparent reason. Is there a disappointment?? Probably of a unorganized, unplanned and creeky life. No, its more like a disappointment of a life gone wrong. You're not there. You were supposed to be somewhere, but when you arrive there, everyone has already left. And you're left on the shores waiting for a new boat. But but but.....it's not your turn now. See, you left your turn, so how can u be adjusted in other people's turns. People are coming from behind, pushing you aside and making their way across the lake.

Could'nt I swim?? I could, but then Iiiiiiiiiiii, naaaahhh I rather wait on the shores and watch the sun go up and go down. And besides who knows what lies on the other side of the lake. But then you're told that if you never make it there then how are you to judge what is there on the other side. Maybe there is this beautiful fountain there, which refreshes all that seek it. But maybe there is a desert on the other side. How am I to know?? For no one ever comes back. I call this shore mine, and I claim it as mine, and I shall dwell here for all eternity.