Damning Darwin
Friday, February 9, 2007 14:46
Everyone wants something, someone, someplace, someday.
I’ve said once that
When I want someone or something
I want it like I want air to breathe
and that
I’ve been asphyxiating for far too long
I don’t want to choke
I don’t want to claw at others and be clawed at, for wanting the same thing
Too many people want something when and because other people want it too. I won’t be one of them, I will not. My life will not be a chase for status symbols, much less about reducing relationships, success, satisfaction and joy into things to be possessed.
But can I submerge what I want, simply because someone else wants it too? Do I have that in me? No, I’m no martyr.
Can I also forget how hungry and deprived I’ve felt
When someone got something I wanted very badly
And can I enjoy what I have in the knowledge that somewhere, somehow, I’ve made a beggar out of someone?
Must it always be a race, a battle for survival?
And if so, why was I one of Darwin’s chosen ones?
I’d probably never appreciate something that I got too easily
But when it comes this difficult, will I ever be at peace to enjoy it?
There is really way too much to want
And too little to go around
Yes, everyone gets tired of waiting. I have and I won’t let myself forget that even when I get what I want. A lot of other people are still waiting.
Darwin can go to hell.
manuscrypts
says:
February 9th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
okay, listen to this weirdness.. i read this and i got this faint memory of something i had read and liked, and somewhere had a connection with this.. so i checked up in my ‘words i like’ file and found it was a part of something..since i thought it wouldn’t be fair not to mention the source, i did a google on it, and found the source http://ideasmithy.blogspot.com/2005/11/games-i-play.html
manuscrypts
says:
February 9th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
hey, comment disappeared… so here goes again, listen to this weirdness.. i read this and remembered something i had read long ago and liked, and thought had a connection with this.. so i checked my ‘ words i like’ file and found it was part of something…since i thought it wouldnt be nice not to mention the source, i did a google and found this.
http://ideasmithy.blogspot.com/2005/11/games-i-play.html
someonearbit
says:
February 9th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Darwin must be turning in his grave… no …Darwin must be rolling in his grave!
manuscrypts
says:
February 9th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
hey, comment disappeared… so here goes again, listen to this weirdness.. i read this and remembered something i had read long ago and liked, and thought had a connection with this.. so i checked my ‘ words i like’ file and found it was part of something…since i thought it wouldnt be nice not to mention the source, i did a google and found this.
ideasmithy - nov 2005 - games i play
Sakshi
says:
February 9th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Wow…now this is way heavy.
lost_brownie
says:
February 10th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
…and what goes around never comes around to you (yoooouuuuu)….
insert alanis morisette powerful yet nasal voice
you go girl, make darwin kneel!!
chronicuskepticus
says:
February 11th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Go get it girl!
A very wise person once told me, “You get what you settle for”. So just because others will settle for less, it doesn’t mean you should too.
Martys suck.
ideasmith
says:
February 12th, 2007 at 11:07 am
@ Manuscrypts: Do I repeat myself? Do I contradict myself? I’m just us.
@ Someonearbit: In laughter you mean?
@ Sakshi: Haan, sometimes we say such things…
@ Lost_brownie: That’s heartening.
@ Chronicus Skepticus: That’s a thought now. Not exactly what I was thinking when I wrote the post, but I like it anyway.