HateMadness- The Hands (525 hits)
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Submitted by Draqus (View user info) at 2005-06-14 10:23:35 EDT
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The warrior sat with the children, and spoke, of terrible things in war and life. He lectured lest they never know, or know to late, and be unable to take the fight. He showed the hands that took, and the hands that gave, and said, "This is life: there is no more than this, than giving and taking."
The companion stood to the side and approved, silently, for he too knew the truth of words, and when he was called to, he told the assembled the only truth he knew:
"This too, will pass."
And they nodded, solemnly, their youth allowing the trust needed, freely given, not withheld as when it was too late. But there was more he had to say, and the warrior said it for him.
"Even though it might pass, it is still worth fighting for, because it is all we have, living and fighting; I have seen the fields strewn with goodbyes, and have said with truth that it is necessary. It is in all of us to do this."
"There is no more purpose than this," the companion supplied, and the bleakness was not reflected in his tone, for he saw it as the needed thing.
The master arrived, and saw the lecturer and the lectured, the warrior with his companion corrupting young minds, and cried, "How dare you? They are too young to hear this! Their hearts and minds are pure, and free from hate, and you peddle it like gold to the greedy."
The companion took him aside, the master with his honesty, his modesty, his convictions, his truths, and told him:
"Their minds are already there; to defend them from it is madness. What say you when it comes and they are unprepared? We preserve by speaking, and ensure the next generation is ready for what will."
"It will only come if you prepare them for it!" he replies with horror. "To shield them from it may keep it from happening."
The companion shakes his head. "Would you shield them from their hearts? It is in them already. It is in us all."
The master wept, and bitterly, and made war on the warrior to keep from polluting.
"This is your fact, master man," the warrior cried, and struck him. "Learn your lesson. It is in you and you taught it, making war on me to stop from warring."
And he resumed his lecturing, teaching, defending, preparing, until a unit of the assembled asked, "Why do you ask us to defend our neighbour?"
And the warrior told him of the constants of friends and enemies, and of the house on fire.
"You always douse your neighbour's house, for next time it might be yours in flames, and help is always gladdening."
And he showed them the truth again: of friends and enemies, war and peace, love and hate, giving and taking. He showed them the hands that took, and the hands that gave, and they were the same hands.
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Submitted by Chillax (user info) at 2005-06-16 05:18:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The meaning seems to flitter ahead of you, evading all attempts to grasp it till near the end. Had a lovely saga-feel to it.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2005-06-16 02:36:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-06-15 20:24:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
handy
Submitted by Draqus (user info) at 2005-06-14 16:34:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Hate to break it to you, but it isn't actually hatemadness: there was only supposed a wee bit of tie-in irony/allusion there.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-06-14 12:31:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 Hatemadness!
Submitted by Viciousriffs (user info) at 2005-06-14 11:48:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice style, though it seemed a bit short, it has an archaic vibe to it, and that's pretty sweet.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-14 11:09:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ok, will there be more of this?
It seems a society run by certain gods or god like beings, maybe each with different lessons to teach to younger generations.
I would like to see more, to see how they explain other life lessons.
Submitted by Draqus (user info) at 2005-06-14 11:02:35 EDT (#)
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As far as the "this too, will pass" quote goes, I did nick it, I'll admit, but with reason; story below:
There was once a king who asked his wise men to invent something that would make him happy when he was sad, and sad when he was happy. After much deliberation, they came back to him with a ring, inscribed on the outside with the words,
"This, too, will pass."
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2005-06-14 10:56:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow. I hope to have more comment later but now just WOW.
Submitted by Fabit (user info) at 2005-06-14 10:47:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't say this lightly - and i've seen some cool stuff in my time - but this may be the best post i've read on Uber since i've been here.
Good work.
"This too will pass" < isn't that from a WW1 poem? My mum told me it when i was quite young and it really struck me as poignent.
Thanks for making my afternoon.
El Fabit O