Thursday, January 29, 2009

"What good am I?"

How do you like the new title block? It reminds me of Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. Except my introspection may not be quite as facetious.

My mood has been steadily growing worse with every passing moment, even while I sit here typing I can feel my anger and moroseness igniting. But I don't have to wonder why. I know why. And that's exactly what I am afraid of.

I am so damn tired all the time, it is not surprising to find myself annoyed by everything around me. It seems that when I do become exhausted enough to sleep solidly, I still wake up groggy, lacking energy or any amount of motivation to crawl out of bed.

I've been traveling quite a bit lately too, "keepin' the turnpike in business" as my dad says. Last weekend I drove 3 hours west towards Pittsburgh and back to retrieve my now fixed truck. Then I spent 2 days in Philadelphia during another snowstorm for an interview that didn't even happen. Today I had to drive north for lab work and more expensive prescriptions I don't really need.

And on top of unemployment and fatigue I realized that I still have trouble expressing my feelings. That might seem weird to those reading this, but what I mean is those raw feelings deep-seeded in the very core of your heart that allows one to open-up and feel a subliminal connection; "peering into one's soul".

I've been called on this flaw years ago, and the truth of it has been regurgitated through the silence of a recent conversation. I am in the middle of an epiphany with myself, or so I thought, since the last few months. I guess it hasn't been enough of a change to really be noticed. I notice it of course, but no one else can actually see what I'm thinking.

What good am I if I know and don't do,
I If I see and don't say, if I look right through you,
If I turn a deaf ear to the thunderin' sky,
What good am I?

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