看似心是一片平静的湖面,实则在湖底还藏着一口随时可能爆发的火山口,时不时有一点惶惶然,却又终究还没发生点什么,怀着这种心情,这种焦虑下的平静。
等待,失望,劝说,再相信,再等待。甚至有时也不能确切地知道相信的是什么,总之还是不能放下这点希望。也不敢像以前一样,把自己和世界隔离开,大睡几场,好些天不与人联系。先破罐子破摔,之后再说的行为现在是不敢做了,即使是常在这种边缘徘徊,也时刻拽着不让自己掉进去,怕一掉进去,又不知道什么时候才能回过神来。
有时在想如果换做那些了不起的人,能否全然凭心就摆脱了这份焦虑,还是像我一般,小心翼翼地黑夜中行走,等待着曙光的救赎。他们是否能在心里为自己点绕一把不灭的火光?而这光又源于什么?那些伟大的人,他们在流离奔波中,偶然地坐在路边的岩石上歇息的时候,他们的眼里是不是也有过失落。但好似这失落的存在与否并不重要,重要的是他们的内心一定还是深信不疑,非如此不可,他们的目光终究又会变得坚定,这大概是黑夜也无法吞食的坚定。
写到这,想起了指环王中的一段台词:
佛罗多:“我做不到,山姆。”
山姆:“我知道,这一切都错了。按理说,我们根本不该来这儿,但是我们来了。就像那陈年的故事,佛罗多先生。那些英勇的传说,充满黑暗和危险,有时候你根本不想知道故事的结局,因为怎么可能有圆满结局?发生了那么多可怕的事,世界怎么可能再回到当初?”
“但是到最后,一切将会烟消云淡,黑暗也终将过去,崭新的一天将会到来。当太阳再次升起,阳光将更加耀眼。这些传说将一直伴随着你,令人难以忘怀。即使你太年轻,无法体会其中的深意。我想我懂了,佛罗多先生,我现在懂了。传说中的这些家伙,有无数次回头的机会,但是他们都没有退却,他们继续前进,因为他们心怀信念”
佛罗多:“我们有什么信念,山姆?”
山姆:“这个世上仍有美好存在,值得我们为之奋战到底。”
一切都会过去,朋友,一切都将过去。
Frodo: I can’t do this, Sam.
Sam: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights, we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now.
Sam: Fold in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding on to Sam?
Sam: There is some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.