take a look.

I look around me, what do I see ?
Look around you, do you see what I see ?

I see how we have created and shaped this world to our liking.
We have flattened mountains and built ourselves towering houses.
We have created our own way of life,
our own civilised, cultured, life.
We have learnt to soar above the eagles in the sky,
and scoured the depths of the ocean.
We have fished the seas dry out of greed not necessity.
We have laid waste to the land and created our kingdom.
We have industrialised, and left millions to starve.
We have created our own idols;
money, health, wealth, science, fame, popularity,
intelligence, academic achievement, even religion,
and sought after these more fervently than God.

We have put Him in a box, and conveniently tucked it out of sight.
We have broken many hearts, and yet broken one heart again and again.

Who has done these things you ask;
It is I, and it is You.
We have broken His heart via dolorosa.

stars will fade

Did you see the stars tonight?
They shone, and made the cold and dark depart.
As i sat outside in the waning light
The cold chilled my thoughts of fire
and warmed my heart of ice.
My senses felt sharp as a trampled rose thorn
I felt the icy wind slice through,
but I felt no chill on my skin.
I heard the train as it crunched down on its tracks
While it was yet a hundred miles far
I smelt the soft dew
as it formed on blades of new grass
and heard the ruffle of feathers
As baby birds stirred in their dreams.

Then the earth had sung it's lullaby and fell silent
As it ushered in your birthday
And you were in my dreams while i was yet awake
Did you see the stars tonight?
They shone, and made the cold and dark depart.

<3

i got a new dog !
and she is the cutest thing everr (: (: (:

life is sweet.

✓

ahh.. les vacances de marche..

more time to sleep. ✘
more time to cycle. ✘
more time to hang out with friends. ✘
more time to shop. ✘
more time to exercise. ✘
more time to read. ✘
more time to play guitar. ✘
more time to wakeboard. ✘

more time to study. ✓
more time to write extended essay. ✓
more time to do math portfolio. ✓
more time to write economics commentaries. ✓
more time to file papers. ✓
more time to write history internal assessment. ✓

the life of an ib student. love it. ✓

until philosophers are kings

Until philosophers are kings,
or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy,
and political greatness and wisdom meet in one,
and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside,

cities will never have rest from their evils, no, nor the human race,
as i believe-and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.