Leonid Pasternak (Ukrainian, 18621945) - The Torments Of Creative Work

Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

So, with all the chaos going on right now, I got some dark inspiration.  This is a warning, if I may, to the world, although I don’t know if it’d be seen by many.  I know WWIII might just be a meme, but at this point I still want this out there for whenever the world’s on edge about a war.  Would you want children begging for these tales? Begging an old water woman, the last remnant of the old world. 

Water Woman

Water woman, o water woman, tell us your ways Tell us of a past that was before our days 

Tell us of a pure earth where the skies were unclouded Tell us of lands with guns not sounded

Tell us of clean water and tell us of light Tell us of a time where our futures were bright

Tell us of a peaceful world, before all this hate Tell us of when fighting was not part of our fate

Tell us of people who would never kill Tell us of a time where none fought against their will

Tell us of laughter that was without pain Tell us of living without war as a chain

Tell us of lands not laid to waste Tell us of freedom, so that we have a taste

Tell us of tools not used for bloodshed Tell us of children whose parents aren’t dead

Tell us of love that was never met regret Tell us again, so we may never forget

Tell us of songs, not ones with melancholy Tell us of joy, of happiness and folly

Tell us of a time, a time long gone. Tell us please, please sing us your songs.  

Water woman, o water woman, can’t you hear our request? Tell us, please tell us, so hope doesn’t become dead.   ~T. N., on what WWIII would mean for the future

*laughs nervously*

My unread books and my bank account when I buy a new novel:

Odysseus on the moon: this is not my beautiful Ithaca. This is not my beautiful wife-

this text conversation about the odysseus spacecraft moon landing 🛬

so about that lotr x zelda au...

Songwriting is amazing is because some person can write the most soul crushing thing and eventually move on and have it be years old but there are still people hearing it for the first time and finally finding words for emotions they longed to touch.