and there goes the dragon tail... once again.




karlina veras



It’s a very common thing these days, to chase the dragon. I am not referring to taking drugs, although that also exists; and will continue to do so as long as humanity keeps behaving the way it does. We humans are never happy with the present, always looking, always searching for more. The pursuit of happiness is so popular because true happiness is so far away. And as we search for what we lack, we chase the dragon.

        We chase the dragon by creating an illusion of what we want to achieve. And suddenly, there it is. The dragon tail. It is so close, and we can just about see it. But as we are about to grab it, it evaporates between our hands. And puff! There it goes... because it never existed. This is the phenomenon of what I call “Mental Wanking”. And as we keep wanting more, the more we wank, not for physical release, but our minds and emotions. Nothing really happens from this activity, apart from exhaustion, because no juice comes out. Imagine. NO CLIMAX. NO ORGASM. Horrible right? But that’s what happens. We are chasing not necessarily the intangible, but most importantly, the non existent.

And here we are.
Here I am once again.
I’m done - I say.
I can’t carry on like this - I think.
Uff. I’m done - I pledge.
As I use my other... hand.

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