Vow

I solemnly vow and promise. Vow is the most, the pinnacle of commitment. I vow - I will do this. Such a tight knit connection of ultimate destiny wound in a single word. Perhaps because I just read about ties binding people together, but potentially because I associate vow with wedding vow. Will I make that, one day?


I've thought, more than a few times, about what I would do if the world stopped and I was the only one left moving. If Father Time said, you may move unravaged and the world halts around you. And I've planned - I would travel the country, I would wander and explore. I would go to the library at school and I would read. I would read and read, because I there is nothing more wonderful than learning for the sake of simply knowing, with no ulterior motive or class schedule or test, just reading to understand and to learn in the hope that there might be clarity brought to the world. There is so much knowledge in the world; so much to know. If only I had the time, I wouldn't specialize. I would peruse the shelves and stacks and when something struck my inner harpsichord I would take out the hammer and read it, as much as I wanted, and when I put it back it would be able to sound in with the rest of the notes. And eventually I could play a symphony, fingers dancing over the learning.


Such a lofty name to live up to, Lux aurumque.



(A year to the almost day)