Exploring a way out of the darkness
Homecoming and identity What does it mean to return home after war when the person who left no longer exists? In both The Odyssey and The Way Back, Homer and Remarque present homecoming not as a simple return, but as a profound test of identity and an act of restoration. While Odysseus fights to reclaim a home that … Continue reading Odysseus vs. Ernst: Contrasting Journeys Home
No steps creak the boards with heavy soul. No humble warmth shapes the sofa, bereft, alone. Screen stares blank, cold, no whispered hum into the unknown late. Books read unspoken words, unshelved, laid to rest beside mugs unpoured. Missed calls ring in silence, undialed and unheard. No ghost stirs the velvet night, empty haunts. No … Continue reading Absence
Time. Is its last act one of forgiveness? At its root, forgiveness involves both the forgiver and the forgiven giving away and receiving. When a loved one dies, their burdens are no more. The physical bonds that tied them in and to life dissolve as the passing of time pauses for them. Time relinquishes its … Continue reading Forgive us our debts
Reluctant. That was just how the rain looked as it fell, almost in clumps. A dull blanket of grey clouds formed a backdrop for wheeling seagulls who at any moment would turn and spear downwards through the wet air. Jeff was alone. Again. He trod the streets, shops now closed, apprehensive of the early dark … Continue reading The God glove
Bent, past receding, Rusted time clings, shapes and twists, All things ebb and flow. Inspired by the Silicon Sage.
This way of light 