History unfolds in front of our eyes. It has done so for years, and it will continue doing so for many more.
The flow of the river of time has become repetitively unique. Everything seems so familiar – yet so different at the same time. The seasons pass in the same manner, while the people seem to be the same – same thoughts, same images, same mannerisms, same wishes. The only difference is the equipment and the ethics – but even that doesn't surprise me anymore. In fact, nothing does really.
Yet at the same time, everything does.
-* A Short Fact *-
Living for centuries is an arduous task.
It requires endless patience,
endless tolerance, endless endurance.
Not just anyone can do it,
but then again,
we are just anyone,
or everyone,
or no one.
You decide.
Our complaint is comprehended by very few, and that few has dwindled down into a handful. It is very rare to come across someone who understands our plight, for people don't often have time to busy themselves with us – what with all the things you humans find interesting occupying your time.
We've lived for a long time. And we'll probably continue this task for a long while. Our heartbeats like circles that repeat with no end – unlike a human's. It gets boring and tedious, at times, to observe.
'Why not just stop?'
That's a wonderfully basic suggestion, but the response is mind-bogglingly complex and impossible.
Well, we can't even consider doing that. Our task is essential to you, to the people, to existence.
Far too many people have died for us. Considering that would be an insult to their memory. And besides, you humans seem to find tormenting us much too fun. It would be a great loss to humanity if we stopped.
Oh? You haven't tormented anyone, have you? Well, you probably haven't noticed – many don't, really. Well, actually, most don't even know about it – and never do. But you humans have caused so much grief towards us; it's hard to remember most of them.
What really bothers most of us is the fact that most people say that they'd give anything to be immortal. Well, as I've mentioned earlier, not just anyone can handle it. If you didn't get what I mean earlier, that refers to most.
You humans know the pain of loss – you say you know it all too well. Alright, imagine that pain, that agony, that suffering, repeated, relived over and over. Usually, as humans, you can always follow after. But consider this: we can't. We have to endure the déjà vu of it all. We cannot do a thing about it. It is unchangeable. Unlike for humanity, it isn't that simple.
Oh, who are we? Well, that's a simple question. But the simplicity of it all hides the complexity of an existence unbeknownst to most, yet known by all.
Our existence is both acknowledged and ignored. All of you know of us, yet very few really do. Can you guess? Well, I'll give you a hint.
We have watched revolutions take place, rebellions fall, people rise, wars unfold. We have witnessed the evolution of technology and the degeneration of morality. We have seen the best and the worst of humanity – in fact, we can be manifestations of both.
We are the observers of history.
In fact, you could say that we are history. We are in the words in the text book, the crevices of names etched in an obelisk, the ink dried on a treaty. We are in the artefacts you marvel at in museums and unearth everywhere.
We are the testimonies of the past, the occurrences of the present, and the uncertainty of the future.
We are the nations for which generations have sacrificed themselves for – or so they are told. Or so I am told.
We are the ones you abandon, the ones you save, the ones you abhor, the ones you love. We are the war stories your grandfather had told you.
But never forget, we also have stories to tell.
So please listen. For it is a skill most humans seem to have forgotten.
Listen to the agony of eternity.
The paradox of eternity. Listen to its call.
Just so everyone knows, I'm going to be putting little stories about several different nations here. Some of them may come up more than once. Some may not come up at all. But I'll try my best.
Well . . .
I hope you'll like it. :)
