{"id":3034,"date":"2015-10-21T09:42:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T09:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2015-10-21T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T09:42:50","slug":"spinning-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/spinning-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody _1n4g\" data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text0\/=010\">I am a spinning top, but when I fall there are no safety nets.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text1\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.0.$end\/=1$text2\/=010\">Just pure darkness, into the deep black hole, pulled inwards by gravity.<\/span><\/span><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text1\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text3\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text4\/=010\">I am darkness and light, pain and pleasure. <\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text5\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text6\/=010\">I can\u2019t tell the difference and I don\u2019t want to. <\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text7\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text8\/=010\">In my twisted visions there is no reprieve from the falling, <\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text9\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text10\/=010\">no savoir at the end of the tunnel. <\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text11\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text12\/=010\">No light in the dark caverns. <\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text13\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text14\/=010\">There is nothing left except an empty hole.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text15\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text17\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text18\/=010\">I used to believe in happy ever afters, in love, in marriage\u2026 in kids. I used to. Now I don\u2019t. I am a tired spent mess. In this messy maze, I cannot get out of\u2026 I can only believe in fairy tales. Why? Because I gave up on real life, and live in fantasy. In my fantasy world, I can be the Queen.. I can be supernova, I can be the light. I can save myself from the dark caverns and be that knight, instead of waiting for one. I have to find that rainbow wings to emerge out of the cocoon shell.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text19\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text21\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text22\/=010\">Sometimes I ask, if sacrificing my sanity for my art is all worth it, sometimes I say yes, sometimes I say no. But eventually I realised that it is a resonating yes. The meaning of life is the act of creation itself. There is no need for anything else. Even love suffocates you.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text23\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text25\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text26\/=010\">But creations?<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text27\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text28\/=010\">They are forever.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text29\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text30\/=010\">They live on in the milky galaxy.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text31\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text32\/=010\">They never disappear.<\/span><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text33\/=010\" \/><br data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text35\/=010\" \/><span data-reactid=\".k8.1:5:1:$comment10153156710003314_10153156855973314\/=10.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.2.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end\/=1$text36\/=010\">This is my sadness and joy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a spinning top, but when I fall there are no safety nets.Just pure darkness, into the deep black hole, pulled inwards by gravity.I am darkness and light, pain and pleasure. 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