call me twisted, but i’ve always admired a certain degree of controversy. complexity is a dangerous beauty, like a hurricane - admired from afar, deadly up close.
my biggest fear was always photocopiers. monotonous carbon copies, binge feeding on Christmas music and cold commercialized coffee. simplicity was schematic, intricacy was ******.
with a quivering hand and downcast eyes, i clothed myself in these layers. gift-wrapped, with a ‘danger’ sign as a gift card, i became an enigma to myself. diamond rings came with dark clouds, locks and keys gave way to gun shots and bullet wounds.
fairytales were never meant for the 3-d world. none of us are “fated” for a happy ending. riding off into the sunset only comes with hard work and hard lessons.
yes, i may still be an overthinker. i may still have more thoughts than i have time to put them in. mundane things are still transfigured into tainted, disfigured imitations of insecurity, agonising and mental mutilation.
but it does not have to be this way.
pick up a pair of 2-d glasses. you don’t have to see the world in technicolor. sometimes monochrome lenses do tinge the world in shades of nostalgia, clarity, and hope.
peel off those layers. you may cry, but cry of catharsis. it may sting, but salt always does. wear simplicity as your sail, rose-tinted with trust and a silent knowing. you may realise that what you were always looking for was always right beside you.