Archive for the 'Mental Illness' Category

"Much like you, I've had many names, played many roles, lived many lives: Adam. Able. Cain. Thoth. Lancelot. Merlin. Icarus. Machiavelli. Robin Hood. Loki. Lucifer. Casanova... The jester. The martyr. The redeemer. The avenger. The leader and the follower. The social butterfly and the hermit. The conformist and the renegade... The paladin. The serpent. The university student. The club kid. The entrepreneur. The apprentice and the teacher. The rising star and the fallen angel... The prodigal son. Musician. Philosopher. Athlete. The protagonist, antagonist and narrator. The best friend; the arch-nemesis. A jack-of-all-trades and a an expert... To be the enigma and the answer - this is my choice... You see, I am human and divine. I am both and I am neither... I was who I was. I did what I did. I had what I had. I said what I said. I felt how I felt. I thought what I thought. I was who I was. I am who I am. I do what I do. I have what I have. I say what I say. I feel how I feel. I think what I think. I am who I am. I will be who I will be. I will do what I will do. I will have what I have. I will say what I say. I will feel how I feel. I will think what I think. I will be who I will be. I am not my name. I never was. I Am Who I Am. Now, I am to pose the question to you: "And you are...?" ~ Todd M. Fay (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)