An Excerpt from T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men”

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Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear, prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o’clock in the morning.

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.

We all want to make a difference in life. We all want to do something that everyone would remember us for; maybe something like…building a park for the disabled or a home for the homeless. However, did you ever think of the little people? People who don’t need a home, or a park? Everyday people? Some of these people, you may have helped in the past in one way or another. Maybe someone, you gave your few 5 peso coins to for lunch? Or someone who you just smiled at because he/she seemed like she was alone?

There is no real way of telling these things. And it is useless to go out with a bang. Because, if you do…after a couple of years, no one will really remember you. Or those few people that did remember you, remember you for the wrong reasons. I personally would prefer the people to remember me for the things that really meant something, like a street kid I bought all the flowers from for her to finally be able to get out of the rain and go home. Or the sick man, sitting outside Mc Donald’s asking for a few pesos.

I want those people to remember me, for being someone who showed them love, just for a brief moment when they felt alone in the world. I don’t want to go out in a bang. I just want to be remembered. How about you?