compassion
- By Vital Germaine
- Published 02/24/2008
Vital Germaine
Vital is a multifaceted individual who was born of biracial parents in the former Belgian Congo during a horrific civil war. He was raised in London before moving to Belgium during his late teens where he was introduced to the world of entertainment. Vital soon moved to New York to further his entertainment career. After two years in the Big Apple, he auditioned for Cirque Du Soleil. He performed for over 5 years in Cirque’s productions of Mystère and Quidam. A tragic injury forced him to prematurely end his acrobatic career. He has since become a published artist, a business owner, and an author with his first book on the verge of publication. For more on Vital log onto artofvital.com
Such is life and such is fate that some people are noticed only by the eyes of empathy and the smiles of compassion. To the rest of the world they are invisible.
The world has it such that fortune does deny righteousness to the lesser of men: the type of men who can ill-afford the pleasures of exuberance, let alone the needs of necessity. Helplessness and despair accompanies the hungered journey of such men as these. Desperation and ridicule plagues
their world. Loneliness and isolation becomes their only friend. Poor, tired and meaningless they crave redemption and salvation from a cold obscured existence. Anxiety and sadness mocks their invisible reflection: cursed, they endure shame. Humility and disgrace looms like vultures preying the stench of rotting death. How tragic it is to be oblivious to the potential splendors of a Sunday afternoon in the sacrament of love, good health and comfort. How unjustly tragic to be so invisible.
The world has it such that fortune does deny righteousness to the lesser of men: the type of men who can ill-afford the pleasures of exuberance, let alone the needs of necessity. Helplessness and despair accompanies the hungered journey of such men as these. Desperation and ridicule plagues
