Blame it on my morbid fascination of darkness. Or it could be black being a fashion colour no matter the season. Darkness interests me. The fact that nothing can survive should the world be thrown into darkness could be a contibuting factor. Imagine the world without the Sun. It would be the "end of world" as we know it. The Ice Age would have returned. Temperatures dropping. Everlasting winters. No more plants. No more life. What would happen then? But again, that's only one aspect of darkness.

Look at it another way. Darkness exist even where light is. The Sun sets every day just so the night can come. It is the relationship between day and night that I find particularly intriguing. It is a cycle that never stops. Sort of like a cogwheel. Turning and turning. What is night without day and vice versa? The contrast could never have been more beautiful. We really appreciate the day because we know what night feels like.

Now to emotions. Darkness exist in the deepest recesses of our mind and heart. No one is born pure evil or good. We are actually all about contradictions. We may know what is right and wrong but we do not always act on what we know. Somewhere there's an angel and a devil that exist in your mind. What we do depends on who we listen to. It may sound very cartoonish but I sincerely believe that something like that (if no angel and devil) truly lives within everyone of us. People who suffer from depression could be people who allow the darkness to grow and consume themselves. They refuse to see the light (or the angel) that glows faintly. In these cases, they really do need help. Sometimes, darkness can seem invincible and we need all the help we can get. People who commit evil deeds ought to be punished. But they are also people who give in to the suductive voice of the dark side.

Help should be rendered when needed. Darkness can be conquered if not vanquished. For darkness exist in all of us. And there would be no light without it. So much for being thought-provoking. I'm gonna ORD loh! Left 40 days!!! :)