so what if you reached the age of reason, only to find there was no reprieve?
would you still be a man for all seasons, or would you just disbelieve?

soundtrack: Annie Lennox, "Why"; U2, "With or Without You"

...and even now, what could have been, what might have been, is doomed to walk endless halls of echoing silence, forever remaining...what could have been...what might have been.
in a place beyond places, a time out of time, i endure the endless suffocation and drowning of my spirit beneath the crushing empty darkness that occupies a place where hope and grace once dwelled.
far beyond the last realms of faith and caring, i silently orbit the burnt altar of my dreams and measure out my remaining days pondering the subtle and subtly cruel ways that people may cause pain for one another, and the endless futile quest for love or even merely for acceptance.