I've found myself realising a lot of things lately.
I realise that people are not simple. They aren't always what they appear to be. They are not black, nor are they white. They are the grey matter in the world, the uncertain variables that are neither dependent nor independent.
I've also come to realise that I am not as simple as I thought myself to be. I say this because I thought myself to be one way, and have now come to see that I am the complete opposite. I thought I was heartless, as heartless as they get deep down to the core. This isn't so. I've grown to love someone so completely and utterly with every fiber of my being that I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I don't know what's going on, I don't feel at peace. I feel like the only way I'll return to normal, return to my state of equilibrium, is to be in their arms, for that is the only heaven I will ever know.
I've also been thinking a lot lately. Not about anything too important, I suppose. I've been thinking about masks. Why we wear them, how we make them, etc. Now, I'm not speaking of physical masks. I mean the masks we don each day, to hide some parts of ourselves that we may not be proud of.
I admit, I put on new masks each day, and hesitate to remove them. Not because I'm embarrassed or shy or anything, but because I don't want to get attached. Why get attached when nothing in life is certain? I don't want to let people know what I'm thinking, what really goes on in my mind. I shrug off their questions with humour and try to make it seem like I'm being coy or hard to get. I try to make it seem like I'm simple, oftentimes daft or uninteresting. Then I begin to realise that the masks have become me...
I need to get back to me.
I remember the last time I let my mask slip, though. Let my true self shine through, let my real opinions be heard. It was at Porter's, they asked us what we would do if we had control of the world, how would we choose to rule and what would be some rules we would give the people we ruled over. They didn't say it but they wanted us to know what we thought of when we imagined a perfect world.
My answer was this: I said I wouldn't do anything, that man has lived life how they've wanted to, and if they didn't like it they killed. Not just their fellow men, but their leaders included, they erased the problem they saw, tried to perfect it. However, man is incapable of perfection, so I found little intelligence in their question. We cannot be perfect, but we can view our imperfections perfectly. This is how we find love, with ourselves or even with others.
I think this has been a long enough post, I should get back to my fanciful dinosaurs...