Which is worse, past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink. Which will be soon, and then the dark, and then be done with this ugliness...
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In William Styron's "Lie Down in Darkness," the speaker grapples with the burdens of both the past and the future, suggesting that neither is inherently worse than the other. The imagery of folding the mind like a leaf evokes a sense of surrender and acceptance of life's inevitabilities. The speaker expresses a desire to let go and simply drift along the current of existence, indicating a profound weariness with life's struggles...
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