Whether you be rebellious and iconoclastic or conservative or ecclesiastic

says tim minchin.

it was abt two weeks ago,
as i once again spent the day in the state library.
on one of my short breaks,
where it all seemed too much to take in,
i stepped out,
to take in a breathe of fresh air,
n sat at the corner i usually do,
as i watch as people walk by.

but on this day,
a couple sat right next to me,
with the man holding a loaf of bread.
as they sat down,
he opened the bag,
n passed a few slices of bread to the lady.
without sayin a word to one another,
they tore the bread into pieces,
n started tossing them around on the grass.

a flock of seagulls gushed towards it,
all at once,
almost as if from nowhere.
as i watched these birds,
ive never realised hw diff they are from each otha,
altho frm afar they all look pretty much d same.

some with smaller necks,
some with red feet, some yellowish,
some bigger than others,
one even with a kind of a limp.

what i also realised was,
that no matter how different they appear to be,
all of them was out for the same thing.
themselves.
it really is, survival of the fittest.

as they all charged towards the first piece of bread that lands on the floor,
they fight it off one another,
and as anotha piece falls to the ground,
they flock over to the otha side,
sum already with food in their beaks.

as for the birds,
they all fight for survival.
regardless who they may hurt,
or how they get it.

and as i looked up,
n saw the ppl walkin by the streets,
it occured to me, that we,
really arent all that diff from those birds.

no matter how different we look,
or no matter how different we claim ourselves to be from other live beings in this world,
maybe we are all in denial.

who are we kidding?
whether one aspires to be a doctor, a lawyer, a musician, or an old bum.
ultimately, there s oni one thing we're looking for.

happiness.
be it, to find love,
or sense of belonging.
no matter how we twist our words around,
no matter how hard we try to deny it,
there s no escaping, cos..
this is the truth.

so maybe it is time,
we look at things as it is,
rather than as we wish it to be,
and mayb then we ll realise that life isnt all that bad,
all it needs is to be given a fresh new outlook.

as newton faulkner sings,

"cause trying to make a difference, makes it worse, the lights are so bright, they blind you, the more we know, the less we care, whilst damaged on the way."