At a fishing hole sat a boy in his thirteenth year with hopelessness of expression upon his face. And slow in his walk came by an old man to whom the boy gave unto his thought saying:
“Sir, who is far in age, please can you answer unto me, what of death, and of desire?”
Answered the old man saying: in my judgment child, with face full of loneliness and despair. —
Concerning death: "It is only but rest given unto the body for living a busy and merry life. And of desire, which is of the flesh, is never satisfied, and is forever seeking to be fulfilled. Whether it's of virtue or wickedness, its concern is only fulfillment.
Looking upon the old man’s face, spoke again the boy saying: “But sir, old man of wisdom and kind, my heart desires only death.”
Answered not the old man, but thought upon the boy's age, and how he had found within himself no happiness now, nor vision of future happiness, and nor did he desire the fulfillment of old age.
And so, began to weep, for he also saw no future vision of happiness within himself, and mumbled saying, “I have wasted my youth chasing the wind in search of life’s utopian happiness, and found none.
And he desired happiness saying, “If only I could be young again.”
Written and read by Dee. Williams
Background music: The Beat of Nature by: Olexy
Music Supervisor: Dee. Williams
Background music arrangement by Afthal
Photo by Lexica
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