Ik heb mijn lief een bericht op Facebook laten zetten, namens mij. Omdat ik zo plotseling verdwenen ben, "suspended". Niet veel reacties, maar het zijn de paar die reageren die ertoe doen. De fijnste: "klootzakken". Ik zeg niet wie dat zei, maar wel dat het iemand is die ik zeer bewonder. Met recht een held, al is hij inmiddels oud. Fijn te zien dat het vuur met de jaren nog niet gedoofd is. #donotgogentle #facebookjail

Recently, snatches of Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night" keep playing in my mind.

Partly because I'm processing the loss of two grandparents in two months.

Partly because I'm processing the descent of humanity into darkness. But we will not go gentle into that night. We rage forever against the dying of that light.

#Poem #DylanThomas #Rage #DoNotGoGentle

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light..."

#Quote #DylanThomas #DoNotGoGentle