Snippets and Stories: (I) Alright

The brunette was nodding solemnly, but a snide voice inside snorted at the cliched plastic words of comfort.

"I know things nothing seems alright now, but it'll be okay in the end. You'll see."

Well of course they will. Things will always be okay in the end, just not always how you want it to be.

But how could things be alright--when there were so many things wrong with him?

Shir chuckled to himself and shrugged off the odd look.

There were a lot of things wrong. With him, with the world, with everyone and everything.

Most of the Time he could ignore it. Never blindfold himself, he was too serious for that. But most of the Time he could ignore it.

Sometimes though, it got to him.

"Don't let it get to you." A bit of wisdom her Mother had told her more than once.

She was too fervent, too serious, too foolish.

It was advice she oft received.

There were too many things wrong to be right. But that was alright, because for the world, that was okay.