The Lonely Road

The name's Marty

age: 20
sign: Libra
hobbies: writing, reading, games

Quotes of my life:

1. I spent half my life betraying a friend or an ideal I believed in,
The other half is spent trying to find the strength to say "I'm sorry" -Nighthawk

2. Nothing should be able to do that, especially not love -Rose Walker

3. By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe -V

4. When you're on you're knees you're closer to the ground -Tori Amos

5. Why must the grieving be so short and this life so long? -Silver Surfer

6. You should never forget that people do care -Richmond

7. Love was never meant to be such a crazy affair, and who has time for tears? -Akira Yamaoka

8. Friend, at your service! -Berk

9. Happy is me cuz only u make urself miserable -Myles

10. Safe to say, everyone believes in your willpower -Glenn

11. On the road to redemption, just because we are told not to forget
doesn't mean we have to go through things alone -original

12. One true friend is better than a dozen liars -confessional

13. Just live life -James

14. I'd rather be the moon to shine your darkest night -Sophia

15. Life is a circumstance -original

16. Better to live in solitude than feel alone amongst a crowd -Faye

17. That's why ice cream stores don't only sell Chocolate and Vanilla,
Once in a while, someone comes in and orders Butter Pecan -Ralph Digby

18. And so, I'll follow you through the darkness of this world, no matter the pain,
Because I know that you'll be there to light my way -God Knows

19. Sometimes, people build walls around them to have people knock them down -???

20. Now, you listen to me, James Hawkins. You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes you get the chance to really test the cut of your sails, and show what you're made of! Well, I hope I'm there, catching some of the light coming off you that day. -John Silver

Still some more to be found...

Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Anywhere But Here

For this entry, I would like to point out a very interesting yet intriguing episode from the Sandman. I also especially love this story. For those who are keen on Greek Mythology, this is Orpheus' story.

There was a young man to be wed one day. His name was Orpheus and he was a talented musician, as well as Dream's son from Calliope, the muse of music. It was Orpheus' wedding day as the story started and everything was being set. His bride-to-be Eurydice, was preparing for a big day when a tragedy occured. She was bitten by a poisonous snake and died.

Orpheus was ridden with despair as he saw his bride, his love being taken away by Death. Yet, as the romantic as he was, he didn't want to let it go. He did not attend her funeral because he chose not to let her go. Instead, he sought his father Dream for help...

"You should have gone to the funeral"

"Why?"

"To say goodbye"

"I have not yet said goodbye to Eurydice"

"You should. You are mortal, it is the mortal way. You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at the times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen lesss and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live."

Orpheus, stubborn as he was, didn't want to accept it and when Dream refused to help him get Eurydice back from the Underworld, he denounced his relationship with his Father.

So it was then Orpheus found a way to get Eurydice back. He sought his aunt Death for help. Death took pity on him and told him of the way. Orpheus then, ventured to the Underworld. There, he was met by the dead spirits and deseased peoples of the earth and it was there he came face to face with its ruler, Hades. He pleaded his case by singing his songs in which the cold heart of Hades waned. The deal was set, he would get his wife back but in one condition. No person gets out from the Underworld by the way they came in so Orpheus will have to walk out the other way. Eurydice would follow him but the moment he looks back, Eurydice will go back to Tartarus.

Hades' smirk as he made the deal followed Orpheus during his long, lonely walk. His thoughts bode him to look back to see if Hades indeed kept his word. He didn't want to be the butt of his joke so it was then that the moment he had set foot outside of the caves that he looked back, only to see that Eurydice was there after all but has not yet set foot outside and so, she was taken back. Orpheus was utterly destroyed.

In depression, Orpheus couldn't find anything else to do but play his lyre in such solemn tunes that it made everyone around him depressed. It was then the Manics of Dionysus found him, and they who have been possessed by drunken bliss, tore Orpheus limb from limb. Ending his mortal life.

Now here's the part that I loved.

Orpheus was half god so his life did not end as it did. His head remained and was found on the shoreline by his father Dream. Orpheus pleaded with Dream to end his life even calling him Father again but Dream didn't do anything to end his forsaken son's misery saying that the decision he chose was his own and he would have no part of it. He only came to say his goodbye to Orpheus because it was the proper thing to do. And as much as Orpheus pleaded, Dream didn't care. He walked away.

And he didn't look back.

Riding the Lightning
9:41 AM

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