A Tale of Two Friends (*)

by Alistair Castagnoli 

“It was the best of times,

It was the worst of times.

The age to feel wise,

The age to act recklessly.

The time to forge our beliefs,
The time to believe in nothing.

The season of the lights,

The season of shadows.

The spring of hope,

The winter of despair.

The moment when we become everything,

The moment when we choose nothing.” (*)

And in each of those steps,

those instants lived as unmatched,

you find the reassuring hold of a friend,

caretaker of a precious shrapnel of us

that we sometimes forget,

that we, most of the times, can not give up.

(*Quoted and modified from “The Tale of Two Cities” by Chales Dickens)