Since nearly everyone is moving to Facebook, I thought I’d stick around Friendster for a while until the rest of the world decides to come back (or not). If the exodus continues, I may find myself the lone “catophile” standing until Friendster’s very last days. Although I may look or sound the part, I’m not trying to be tenacious. It’s just that I haven’t had the time to relocate my blog entries. My writing style is starting to rot, and I may need to polish my craft come summer.
Multiple chances are for the needy,
if not for the martyrs, those people
whose hearts have wide open spaces
and whose arms are on the default mode
to hug and forgive and forgive.
Some people are indeed gifted, but, no, not I.
Trust is like a mirror; once broken, it can never be truly whole again.
The ugly cracks will be there for all to see.
The broken glass will be there too,
playing devil’s advocate,
making vengeance so tempting
and so within reach.
No sorries will fix the mess you made,
the cuts you inflicted,
the soul you almost shattered.
No, not this time.
Your pitiful state breaks my heart,
but pity is just pity
and sorries are just words.
You’ve had your chances.
No, not this time.
I’ve had enough.
There is no such thing as incorrect language, only incorrect grammar and
incorrect pronunciation. This is quite an interesting but limited realization, bearing
in mind that grammar and pronunciation are vital components of language taken
as a whole. Common errors have become widely accepted, such that to describe
language as evolving merely appears to be a euphemistic way of saying, from an
academic perspective, that correct grammar and appropriate pronunciation are
deteriorating. To stick to the book is to risk being elitist in the eyes of the
public; to do otherwise is to risk being errant in the eyes of academicians. The
world is rife with double standards; everything in it is relative. There
clearly exists a dichotomy between theory and practice, and between the ideal
and the actual, where even the aspects of grammar and pronunciation are not
exempt. Considering that the ultimate goal of communication is the promotion of
understanding, one cannot help but wonder if the decision to go with what is
common and easily understood but erroneous justifiably overrides the decision
to go with what is correct but esoteric.
