Not with a Bang but with a Whimper

Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom

Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long

Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom

For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

(Last Part of “The Hollow Man” by T.S. Eliot 1925)

At times the optimist feels broken and the comedian turns around and hides the tears. I am not happy with the world right now, I am not at peace the way I normally am. My inner balance has been shaken, my soul is in despair.