A Life for a Life: The Goldfish Theory
Une vie pour une vie. I’ve been trying to find the words to express how devastating the events of last weekend in Paris, Beirut, Lebanon (and the world) have been. But, like most of us, the only emotion one can feel at the moment is that of utter helplessness. Anger, frustration, sorrow and fear are all secondary. It is extremely difficult to be optimistic when the world is falling apart around you, no longer the safe haven it was in your mind. We have no choice but to accept the reality of these very horrors- the crack in the glass fishbowl. There is nothing poetic and beautiful in loss. The romanticism of sorrow by poets and authors makes a mockery of life. Sorrow is not beautiful. But what it brings out from within a writer- that is what’s beautiful. I’ve been trying to string together words to express the emotions I feel, in support of all of us fighting the war for peace. Words may be a powerful weapon; especially words of solidarity- but these words mean so lit...