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Blogs > rm_bi33uk > memories in motion

i know, but really shouldn't  

rm_bi33uk 51M
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11/3/2008 4:12 am

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11/3/2008 4:55 am
i know, but really shouldn't

I know we get used to things. But really shouldn't.
We get used to live in a small flat and have no other view than the other flats around.
And because we have no view, soon get used to not look out of the window.
And because we don't look out of the window, soon get used to not opening the curtains.
And because we don't open the curtains, we soon get used to turn the lights on early.
And as we get used, we forget the sun, forget the fresh air, forget vastness.

We get used to wake up with a gasp because it's time.
To have breakfast in a rush because it's late.
To read the paper on the train because don't want to waste the journey.
To eat a sandwich because there's no time for a meal.
To leave work only when is night time.
To snooze on the train because are tired.
To go to bed early and sleep deep without actually having lived the day.

We get used to wait all day and then hear on the phone: not tonight.
To smile to people without being smiled back.
To be ignored when we really wanted to be seen.

We get used to pay for everything we want and everything we need.
And to work hard to have the money to pay.
And to pay more than what things are worth.
And to know we will always pay more.
And to find more work, to make more money, to have the money to pay in the queues.

We get used to pollution.
To offices with air conditioning.
To the smell of cigarettes.
To the artificial lights with their flickering.
To the shock in the eyes from sunlight.
To the bacteria in tap water.

And we get used to far too many things, to stop suffering.
In small doses, trying not to notice, we put away a pain here, a resentment there, an anger elsewhere.
If the water is too cold, we just stroll on the beach.
If the cinema is too full, we sit on the front and twist the neck a bit.
If work is too hard, we think about the weekend.
And, when with the ones we love, at night or weekends, there's not much to do, we go to sleep early, and feel glad because got a couple more hours of sleep.

We get used to avoid the roughness, to conserve the skin.
Get used to avoid wounds, bleeding, to shield the heart.
We get used to spare life.

Life that gets gradually exhausted, and wears off the more we get used to things, and gets lost from itself.

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