INSANE.
I think most poets were lunatics.
Why?
Do you know where the word lunatic comes from?
No.
From a Latin word, Lunaticus, which means madness caused by the moon.
And?
Most of them seemed to have an unhealthy attachment to it, and maybe that is why it is also a symbol of love, it drives people mad.
Do you think so?
I know so.
What kind of love drives people mad?
All kinds described by Greeks:
Eros, Philia, Ludus, Storge, Philautia, Pragma, Agápe.
I think too much love harms.
Too little does too.
How do you know so much about it?
About what?
Insane poets.
Takes one to know one.
Do you think you are insane?
I think I’ll be.
Why? Which love will cause your insanity?
All kinds.
Because you love too much? Or too little?
I don’t know.
what about other feelings?
What about it?
Do you feel a lot or little?
I don’t know.
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Point it out to me.
No.
You sound confused.
Maybe I am.
Maybe you are not.
Maybe.
What are you feeling right now?
Nothing.
What were you feeling yesterday?
Everything.
Why do think people believe the moon causes madness?
Science.
Do you believe it?
I believe everything.
What do you think the moon represents if not love?
Loneliness.
Is that what you feel? Lonely?
Maybe.
you have a lot of friends and a supportive family.
I said lonely, not alone.
What’s the difference?
Other than one being physical and the other being emotional state.
Why do you think you are alone or lonely?
What am I doing right now?
Soliloquy.
An act of talking to oneself. Why?
Because you’re lonely.
And?
And, you’re insane.
And, I’m insane.
just a conversation that came to my mind while looking at the bright moon, while traveling on my way back home from my hometown.
