Sword of Damocles

Obsession of the day, having to do with Air...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damocles

I plan to write a poem about this. My own personal sword of Damocles is debt. Debt comes originally from the Latin debitam, meaning thing owed, but originally meaning "keep something away from someone." I think of it kind of like the game "Keep Away". The sword of Damocles, hanging over me and ruining the many good things in my life, is the threat of debt. Not just the monetary debt in my college loans, but also my debt to friends and my debt to society since I have received so much good from others. I constantly feel like this debt is hanging over me, by a single thread, and may fall down on me at any moment. A few years ago I still was hopeful that I was going to grab the sword and save the day. As time goes on in this giant keep away game, I feel more and more frustrated that I can't quite reach it or overcome it. Some days I don't even want to try. Other days I am more desperate than ever and lash out, exhausting myself, and losing valuable ground. My hope is that if I slow down a bit, have a little bit of faith, and stick to it I'll grab that sword some day. Many people don't ever though. Even good hard-working people. The tough thing is that sometimes the worst things happen to people who did everything right, and sometimes the best things happen to the people who did everything wrong.