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Thoughts - What I received from Life (Version 2)

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Channel: danbergam · 2007 · Film & Animation

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[I couldn't obtain permissions for all of the artworks, so I had to change some of them... (very) minor changes to text, too.]


Thoughts and Feelings
of a (disabled) man
by Daniele Bergamini

I received an heavy cross
to carry on my shoulders
...but also strong shoulders 
to bear such a weight

I received a cross heavier
than that of million people
...but also a lot lighter
than that of a greater amount of people.

I received double of the fatigue 
for every single step I do
...but also a lot of chairs 
on the way to sit on.

I got difficulties in walking
for not to talk about ladders
...but also a fervid imagination
to travel everywhere,
despite my limits.

I received days to forget about
in which I would rather be
anyone else
...and days to remember,
in which I wouldn't want
to be anyone else.

I received hard battles
to fight for
...and the sweetest victories
a man
could ever taste.

I got hard times
searching for a woman
able to love me as I am
...and a lot of patience
to wait the day
she'll find me.

Sometimes I got distrust
on my abilities
despite what I could do
...but also a strong personality
for not to care too much.

I got a Creator
that I can't see
...but I got creatures
in which He reflects Himself.

I got a God
I can't abreact to
...and a Good which took His cross
to not let me feel alone
on mine.

I got mistakes for which
I can't forgive myself
...and a God
with an endless mercy.

I got a lifetime 
of trouble
...but also a possible eternity 
of joy.

Sometimes
I got a sense of unjustice
for what I miss
...but also a Nature
teaching lessons:
this lifetime winter won't win.

Sometimes
I got a sense of unjustice
for what I miss
...but also a God promising:
"who's last'll be first!"

I got a bunch of questions
to ask for the sky
...but I can say
I dug my soul
at least once
in my life.

I got a life 
which teaches me
what "sorrow" means
...the same life
which shows me
what "joy" means.

Yes.

I received a life
to live 
day after day.

[Words by danbergam.]

Artworks used:

*: used by kind Author's permission.

*Me (Cross-tripod)
Beuckelaer - "Christ carrying the Cross" - commons.wikimedia.org
Leonardo da Vinci - "Vitruvian man" - commons.wikimedia.org
http://thebiblerevival.com - "JOB 32 - 6 Elihu said I am young and ye are very old.jpg"
starved girl - commons.wikimedia.org
Max Klinger - Sisifus (The Faculties)  - commons.wikimedia.org
http://www.iStockphoto.com
Bharat Bhushan - Steps to the Kibutsu Shrine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. - commons.wikimedia.org
*Me - "A seagull flying above the ocean"
*http://www.acupuncture.com
Felipe Micaroni Lalli - Smile - wikimedia
Jan Matejko - Battle of Grunwald 1410 - commons.wikimedia.org
Nightscream - Rocky monument - commons.wikimedia.org
*Peter Hall - "The wanderer"
John William Waterhouse - "Miranda - The Tempest" - commons.wikimedia.org
*http://www.iStockphoto.com
*http://www.pcimagenetwork.com/
Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael - "Der Windstoß" - commons.wikimedia.org
*http://www.uni-bielefeld.de
john William Waterhouse - The Lady of Shalott - commons.wikimedia.org
Diego Velasquez - "Christ on the Cross" - commons.wikimedia.org
John William Waterhouse - "The remorse of Nero..." - commons.wikimedia.org
Adolf Hylla - "Jesus of Divine Mercy" - commons.wikimedia.org
*Vittorio Mazzucconi - "Golden Fleece"
Gustave Doré - "Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven (The Empyrean)" - commons.wikimedia.org
Van Gogh - "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" - commons.wikimedia.org
The Nature & The Internet
*Jenny Thompson - "Blue queue"
http://www.thebiblerevival.com - Jesus teaching how to pray
commons.wikimedia.org
"Vintage: road gang" - www.geekphilosper.com
Honoré Daumier - "Pierrot mit der Guitarre" - commons.wikimedia.org
Terbrugghen Hendrick - "Der singende Lautenspieler" - commons.wikimedia.org
*Me, at home! ^_^ (more) (less)

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