{"id":1883,"date":"2009-05-18T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2009-05-18T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T05:52:00","slug":"1883","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=1883","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>did you come here looking for me?<\/p>\n<p>oh, you know that if you come around, i&#8217;ll show you exactly who you think i am. the truth is i haven&#8217;t changed. and i know all the masks you like best. but the stuff you&#8217;re hating, the stuff that&#8217;s shocking you because you don&#8217;t <em>own <\/em>it&#8230;i didn&#8217;t change. it&#8217;s who i&#8217;ve always been. and you caught me before i&#8217;d recognized it.<\/p>\n<p>you haven&#8217;t seen me in a while. none of you have. i&#8217;ll tell you what it&#8217;s like in my world. my body&#8217;s a machine. it&#8217;s strong and it&#8217;s cut. i could lose this focus any day now, but as it serves me now, it gets a lot of attention while holding my boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>my heart is massive. you see, life is either really focused or it&#8217;s really polarized. you either put your heart into one, focused thing, or you put your heart into everything, but in doing so, you love nothing specific.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve never been good about taking disappointment. it&#8217;s one of my deepest flaws. it&#8217;s not because i want it to feel that way, but it&#8217;s this sadness that rushes into me like water from the darkest corners. it breaks my heart, but because i can refocus, i abstract it. i put it into the realm of imagination, of theory, but in doing so, i have to let go of the thing that hurt me. <\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve been very focused, but in a way i&#8217;ve never experienced before. i control my experiences and i meet a lot of people. i&#8217;m focused because in one world, i&#8217;m happy, and in another, i&#8217;m very sad. somehow, this produces an energy that people seem to be drawn to.<\/p>\n<p>the flip:<\/p>\n<p>the two sides of a coin. and its shadow.<br \/>so many people have so many questions and they search for answers. when they meet someone who&#8217;s a mirror, the mirror takes on their questions and allow them to provide answers.<\/p>\n<p>perhaps it&#8217;s the shadow that is the mirror. perhaps these shadows are actual people.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;ve always been so offended when people believe darkness is synonymous with evil and fear. some people use dark energy to do good. like the moon. sometimes it&#8217;s not about doing good or bad as much as maintaing a balance of opposing forces. there&#8217;s a truth to this energy. most people perceive their mothers as complex energies, light, dark or sometimes a combination&#8211;mothers are the ghosts that haunt a child within adulthood. it&#8217;s a matter of understanding it and not being afraid. to gain or to lose. whichever is your greater fear.<\/p>\n<p>the problem is i speak my own language when i&#8217;m myself. and because of this, i spend more time alone, having random experiences. but i&#8217;ve been pretty helpful lately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>did you come here looking for me? 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