Monday, March 05, 2007

I am...Numb


The world has lost its ground...its stability...its sanity...its love...its peace
I want to help...
I want to feed every child that dies hungry...I want to love those who haven't been cared for...I want to cry for those who have lost their loved ones...I want to help the weak...I want to bring back the dead...I want to wish those who don't know and remind them of their birthday...
But...
I can't...
I want to help...but I can't...I am dissolving in the world's ruthless ways...I sit silently and watch and I am sad and hurt...
I want to hate those who kill but I want to encourage those who struggle to survive...I want my fellow beings to live in peace...
But I ask for too much...we are living in a tragic story and we are nearing the last chapter...God reads along, watching his creation crumble away into destruction...unhappy He is...
I want to be able to care...but I don't anymore...there are too many people dying...too many people suffering...to many people unhappy....
I want to feel for them....
But i am numb...

40 comments:

matz said...

Wanting to do things and needing to do things is two different subjctz .. newayz very true and meaningful post..

keep posting ...

Anonymous said...

Suffering.
We don't need pain,
yet we inflict it.
I want to see a smile,
But I only see sorrow.
Suffering.
Blow after blow.
I have nothing.
No light.
No inspiration.
My distress, unknown.
Even to myself.
My comfortability with myself decreases.
And these vicissitudes unbearable.
I'm in the dark.
I want to see a smile.
It's why God Put a Smile Upon Your Face. ( Lol - the Coldplay song)
Guess who?

*reshma* said...

lleeeeee?????????????????????

Anonymous said...

No~

So shall you seek ...
You will most definately find.
You might never know.

Shalaka said...

We want to help but we can't.
We care but what can we do about it?
We can't help EVERYONE.. But we can try. Maybe not now, but maybe a bit later? Maybe we can try to?

Amazing post! Oh and the cartoon was just .. well, true. ;).

You're not numb. There's just too much pain, too much suffering now that we're actually starting to fell we're numb and there's nothing we can do about it.

But there has to be something and I'm SURE that there is.

Tc Resh!

PS : Anonymous, nice poem.

Anonymous said...

I'm obliged to reveal that I'm in awe of your poetry Shalaka. Thank you!

Shalaka said...

Anonymous,

My poetry? What poetry?? LOL! Have you seen any of my poetry:)?

Hmm.. Who could you be?? My guess is Nishant because of the Caps Lock:P:P:P!

Do tell me if I'm right?

Anonymous said...

Nope. But nice try.
Oh and I have read your stuff.

Shalaka said...

Hmm..

Reshma - I'm sorry, I know I'm annoying you:P!

Anonymous - Okay, do I know you? Oh and thanks:D! No but seriously answer. Lol, I want to know.

Resh, help me! :P!

Anonymous said...

Hmm. Yes you could say that we are aquainted. Just not with this side of me.

Shalaka said...

RADHIII!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sorry Resh..

Anonymous said...

Okay .. I am SO not Radhika Tandon.

*reshma* said...

both of u quit it!!!

Anonymous said...

Fine!
I was just taking the initiative,
Some initiative to observe.
To comment,
To make my two-bit statement.
Peace is just two fingers now
Peace was just a phase
When someone put it on a shirt
you knew to count the days
So take those fingers tape 'em up and shove 'em up your $#&*#$( and carry on
but don't try it now cause peace is gone

Anonymous said...

[The last few lines are Stone Sour]

Radhii said...

Fresshullaaa !
Lol the anony'mouse' comments aren't mine!

Anonymous said...

OKAY resh !!

Nice post !! Looked like you wrote it after you got your marks !! Not my favourite post .... but was defiately good !!

SHALAKA ... i never knew you wrote poetry ???!!

ANONYMOUS : obviously you are jobless ..... why are you posting rubbish on RESHMA'S BLOG ... nothing to do at all with her post ??!! LOSER .....

I think its mini ( shit if it is NOT her she is gonna SKIN me alive)

Reshma why dont you SAY SOMETHING ???!!!

-- love you
Niks

Anonymous said...

Go jump in a well Nikita.
My comments are very much related otherwise I wouldn't make them.

Menaka = .).... said...

HI reshuuu....gr8 post

interesting comments

and for nikita it is not me...thx fr saying that cuz this anonymus has a tremendous talent...

cudnt be me, as the comments would be supported with a dozen spelling errors..

"You're not numb. There's just too much pain, too much suffering now that we're actually starting to fell we're numb and there's nothing we can do about it."

i totally agree here wid shalu...

-mini

hellfire425 said...

FUCK THIS !!!
WHO THE FUCK INCLUDED THAT GOD WILL HELP US ..
HE SO DOESN't Exist... im sorry.. im a hater of religion & god.... & i must say its bullshit..... there is no proof of existence.. God DIDNt put that smile on ur face....
Belief of God By IDIOTS HAS removed the smile from ur face..
In countries like Afghanistan. belief in Allah has driven them War crazy & screwed up the world..
in India religion is one of the causes of poverty....
How can no1 fucking understand that belief & idiology of religion is the cause of decline in the world..
People go around & say " May god help us in these times " ... how can a statue of marble help u ???
I'll tell you how...
1. Wastage of marble for industries
2. Unncessesary expenditure of God's idols causing loss of cash by families..

Religion is made 2 commercial these days...
Noone fucking understands all this..
THINK DEEP .... not just the cover of it..
When you guys were small it was said that rain is caused when God has bath.. Earthquakes are caused when God gets angry
THATS TOTAL BULLSHIT..
its pure precipitation & moving of plates of the earth,,

If it insults certain peoplee.. i apologize.. BUT IT said
"LEAVE UR COMMENT" on top.. so i'm doing just that

Unknown said...

Hellfire shit,

You're a damn juvenile communist jackass. Don't believe in God? Do you know who God is? Do you know what religion is? Do you even know what the difference between the two is?

"There is no proof of his existence". Sure wisecrack - why can't you prove to us all that He doesn't exist? There is a certain reason we believe in God and that is tradional society has passed on the message of God through the ages. Quite obviously, if you so much as stretched your thinking a little bit more, it may have occured to you that our ancestors must have perceived God. Einstein, there can be no other way the concept of God lingers on to this day!

Do you even know what belief is? My belief in God gives me strength. It protects me. Now I am no fool to think God protects me directly. No. The energy contained in my belief protects me. The energy created by my belief gives me strength - a strength which you can and will never experience. I believe in many things but my belief in God is most powerful. It engenders the greatest amount of energy, for God is an absolute concept.

You're sooooo boring man.
Afghanistan - war was inflicted on the people - so whether they liked it or not, they would continue to wage war on each other. Now religion is merely a pawn in this war. People have used religion in a derogatory manner. That is not religion. That is not God. On the contrary it resembles the sort of dogmatic, unsubstantiated thought you espouse. Religion was a path that led to God. THat was the idea. The path was pure. Some fools choose to desecrate that path. Shall we let them do as they please? Shall we allow ourselves to forget God just because some fools happen to destruct our paths?

I'm laughing at your impoverished intelligence. You don't know crap about economics - why are you opening your mouth? So we're wasting marble. Oh big deal man! Did you ever stop to think about the effect God has on the psyche of the citizenry. Collective faith in a higher power gives strength to the economy. In times of depression as was the case in 1929, only faith propelled the economy from the troubled state it was in.

American currency prints the statement "In God we trust". Even the most powerful economy in the world derives its strength from faith - faith in God.

So, mr. screwed up left wing liberal communistic asshole, do you now know what depth really means?

When you have no friend to sustain you; when you have no memory to sustain you; when you have no experience to sustain you - you will have GOD.

God Almighty. God Almighty. God Almighty.

Anonymous said...

What have I started? =O

*reshma* said...

hellfire and adhitya, i will not protest aginst either of ur comments as everyone has their own beliefs and so do i...i certainly do believe in God, but then again i cant prove that He reely exists..nevertheless, i think both of u shud respect each other views and mine as well...

Unknown said...

well perhaps if this 'hellfire' person had decently registered his views on God, it may have been far easier for all of us to respect each other's views. Therefore, there is a manner by which one must represent his/her views if that person hopes to command any respect.

Secondly, it is unbecoming of any forward thinking human being to respect any opinion that is unsubstantiated. I will wholeheartedly lend my support to substantiated opinion or view. To those who cannot back their views, do not expect any sort of respect.

Anonymous said...

This 'hellfire' person happens to have a name. And it happens to be ‘Sunny’.
I,me,I included that God will help us. Look. Even if God doesn’t exist, candidly, it gives us that motivation NOT to sin. Look at it that way. Even I don’t believe in God… but evry single night I get down on my knees and I pray.
If I could tell the world just one thing,
It would be we’re all okay,
And not to worry because worry is wasteful and useless in times like these.

Oh. And god isn’t a statue of marble. I’ll slap you.

Anonymous said...

PS: Don't swear.
And in the end, only kindness matters.

hellfire425 said...

I'm Sorry.....
But yet... i won't change my statement that God doesn't exist.. cause he doesn't ... sorry about the marble statue...
-Sunny..
Aditya who are u ??

but god has given rise to a band like SLAYER !!!!!
SLAYER ROCKSs

Yo anonymous people... pleez give ur name

Unknown said...

Adhitya Srinivasan
11 A - Modern

(I happenned to pass on this comments page by chance and saw a comment that infuriated me)

Unknown said...

P.S - To allay any fears the blogowner or the blogauthor may have regarding my commentary, I'd like to assure the person(s) that I do not and will not comment unless I absolutely have to such as the case above when I felt very strongly about something or when anyone dares to diss my friends.

*reshma* said...

thats perfectly fine...good 2 see everyone is finally at peace...bhambaney!! watch that tongue of urs!! and adhitya, fight fer what u think is true!! i must say, v certainly hve a good bunch of worthy politicians coming up in the future (that dusnt include u bhambaney!! jk):P

Shalaka said...

Yes Reshma,

Politicians. Good ones, indeed:P! Adhitya, honestly - you're a really REALLY good debator (and I'm pretty sure you can speak:P). And Sunny, don't abuse, it ruins everything you're trying to say.

And Anon aka Radhii : I am sure it is you now. You indirectly proved Resh and I to be correct so Radhii, STOP! Lol!!

Reshula?
Sorry about the confusion on the day I left. :(.

Anonymous said...

Look. I'm not Radhika Tandon.
Who says I'm even a girl?
I don't wish for anyone to know who I am however, because it could be potentially harmful to me and my reputation which I happen to be content with right now.

Shalaka said...

Okay, fine.

I believe you. Really I do..:D!

Let me end this where it all started - i loved that poem anonymous. :)

Anonymous said...

Merci.

Rhea said...

Okay first, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =]!This was my favourite post so far..
Really. It conveyed emotions which we all feel at some point or the other. Oh, and in the debate about God all I have to say is that everyone is entitled to their beliefs.. at the same time I have to agree with Adithya srinivasan about how God infuses strength and faith in people and the will to strive for a greater tomorrow.
oh and FINALLY, an anonymous with talent! :P
Blog on!

hellfire425 said...

to whatever Adhitya says i say
" Ya whatever " .. Fight for what you believe.. I'll do that too .. but sorry about the language..
Ya .. Adhitya you will be a good politician ... LOL ... Imagine in INDIA .. man that would be fun !!!!
Lok Sabha , Rajya Sabha crap ... Adhitya - " I hereby declare the concessions to the following villages & one who has a problem against it will get ONE SMACK "

Anonymous said...

"You're a damn juvenile communist jackass. Don't believe in God? Do you know who God is? Do you know what religion is? Do you even know what the difference between the two is?"

Juvenile Communist jackass? Are you kidding me? There is absolutely nothing wrong in not believing in God. God is not substantiated by fact, and therefore by default, we must assume that he does not exist. Any other opinion is just belief. Being Religious is fine, but do not imply that there is something wrong with being Atheist.

I could very well claim that there was a leprechaun in my closet. But untless I proove it, my claims remain meaningless.

Just to clarify, I am a Deist and often argue for both sides.

""There is a certain reason we believe in God and that is tradional society has passed on the message of God through the ages. Quite obviously, if you so much as stretched your thinking a little bit more, it may have occured to you that our ancestors must have perceived God. Einstein, there can be no other way the concept of God lingers on to this day!"

Our ancestors also perceived that the World was flat and that the Sun revolved around the Earth. When a caveman bears witness to thunder and lightning, he can only attribute this to some divine power. He lacks the scientific knowledge that we have today and cannot explain it in any other way. The Ancients are overrated.

"why can't you prove to us all that He doesn't exist?"

He dosen't need to, the burden of proof falls on those who make the claim. In this case, you.

"American currency prints the statement "In God we trust". Even the most powerful economy in the world derives its strength from faith - faith in God."

Economic might has absolutely nothing to do with Religion.

China, an emerging Economic superpower, has a population that is almost 60% non-religious. And anyway, America and the EU both have a huge non-religious population.

And Hellfire, the widespread terrorism we see in the Mid-East is more because of the American foreign policy than anything else.

The American Depression came to a halt because the army began drafting millions of men to fight WWII, absorbing most of the unemployed. Economic reforms helped too.

"So, mr. screwed up left wing liberal communistic asshole"

Umm, that sounds like something you would hear a staunch republican say, but Ok.

Anyway, you put some good arguments across and have proven to be a worthy opponent. Hellfire sounds like one of those angry atheist teens who think they have all the answers.

Feel free to continue the Debate. Gotta fly.

hellfire425 said...

Yes... I have a name, Arvind your right, You know me .. Im Sunny in 10th... b8t be specific on your talking.... The others have to give proof of existence.. not me
- SLAYERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Anonymous said...

I did. Read over my last post again.

Do not think that I am condoning your mad rant. The ideas you have are not novel at all. You sound like somebody who just unravelled a mass conspiracy. There are plenty of people who have arrived at the same conclusion as you, its just that they aren't so loudmouthed about it. Being Anti-Religion in a 90% religious world is not a good idea. :)

How do you know my name anyway? I dont think I've met you... :S.

hellfire425 said...

its not a mad rant.... I wanna get rid of this ' Religion ' & show the world what the hell they are doing... I hate ' Luck ' & ' Religion '
- Oh , God gave him a gift of playing guitar .
- Oh , He's so lucky he topped his boards..
WTF IS THAT.. HE WORKED HARD & PRACTICED.. i wanna get rid of sayings like that... I don't mind peopel believing in God . coz maybe there is 1 GOD .. but i don't believe in it
bUT religion is stupidity... Jesus , Shiva & these things don't make sense at all ..
= Slayer... im in 10-B .