Veil'd Melancholy has her sovran shrine,
Though seen of none save him whose strenuous tongue
Can burst Joy's grape against his palate fine
Ode on Melancholy, John Keats
See, perhaps IB is doing something on me that I have been starting the past 3 posts with a quote. Nonetheless, this has been my favorite quote recently. The "veil'd melancholy".
Usually after church or school gatherings and a group of friends hung out and had nice chats and meals, being someone who lives almost in the suburbs, there has got to be a section of the train journey I have to take on my own: be it 2 stations or the whole railroad lane. Whichever the case, I would recall on what happened moments ago with the chats and socializing, but then also realizing that at the end of the day, I am just left alone.
I mean, I enjoy every moment I get to spend with friends, whether it is just hanging around them or being in a heart-to-heart chat or going crazy. But after all that the naked truth comes up: all of this is just momentary.
Recently our school held a ball with "ferris wheel" as the theme. What a special theme to choose: the idea that the ball would bring a person to his maximum height in his lifetime (of course these are part of the marketing strategies), but what is implied is that the ferris wheel will also bring the same person to the minimum height of his lifetime consequently as well: the sadness comes with the happiness.
So it boils down to the balance of both emotions. I don't know - I guess I want the happiness and do not want to accept the sadness that comes with it.
Or maybe I'll just sleep and wake up to find everything back to normal and I can enjoy life again as I should be.
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