"So come with me
where dreams are born
and time is never planned"
often called the loss of innocence
or a coming-of-age tale
a set structure of safety to reality
or stability to instability
with named antagonists, protagonists
an ending wherein the dust settles
A Satisfying Conclusion,
through lessons and growth
How does one rectify a disruption of The Structure?
Stories of the unnamed antagonist
not seen - but experienced
Where one's own skin becomes a prison
or a memory palace, brought to life
by the pain of experience
Not tightly wrapped with a satisfactory bow
Where everything lingers, festers
and lessons will never be enough
Icarus and Daedalus, one in the same
a neverending story of retrospection
a story suspended in act two-
"His childhood was dead or lost
and with it his soul capable of simple joys
and he was drifting amid life
like the barren shell of the moon"
First quote is from Peter Pan, last quote is from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Pretty self-explanatory, speaking on how does one move forward from trauma or life experiences that seemingly cannot have a conclusion. Going from the innocence we have as children to facing problems that linger with us for the rest of our lives and there may be no answers to. Enjoy.
