A Life in Synonyms
Life is consciousness; consciousness is realisation; realisation is understanding; understanding is apprehension; apprehension is uneasiness; uneasiness is embarrassment; embarrassment is shame; shame is mortification; mortification is death.Death is dissolution; dissolution is resolution; resolution is determination; determination is dedication; dedication is devotion; devotion is love.
Love is enchantment; enchantment is heaven; heaven is eternity; eternity is infinity; infinity is beyond; beyond is remote; remote is uninterested; uninterested is apathetic; apathetic is emotionless.
Emotionless is unfeeling; unfeeling is departure; departure is withdrawal; withdrawal is alienation; alienation is variance; variance is change; change is metamorphosis; metamorphosis is rebirth. Rebirth is, once again, life.
posted by fwyalchen at 11:59 AM
2 Comments:
Few words, but powerful words! How beautiful and sad and life affirming. Thanks so much.
Clever in showing how careful one must be when selecting words or presuming that one word can be substituted by another without risking a subtle changing in the perceived meaning.
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