Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Past Tense.

If you ever read this in the future (and I certainly hope you will) please, take note, and please, do understand. That empathy could do good sometimes. That compassion, sensitivity are things you should worry about. And please, do understand that self-image is not everything.

It has only been several months since the first time we sat in the coffee shop just around the corner and talked about little things, or shall I say, pep talks? First session we had, if only I had known that there would be many many sessions followed. If only I had known that this only the first of many of deceptive hang out sessions you wrapped just to get things done for your own purposes. I undermined you, I thought you were just a pretty face. I was wrong. You had something. Had.

We developed this bond, didn’t we? Or at least I thought we did. We became an instant bestfriend. At times when I felt disengaged with my new surroundings, I had you. Or at least I thought I did. At times when everyone was always in rush, I had you, moving thru the air. You were my bestfriend. Were.

People have been telling me bad things about you. That you take people for granted, that you use people for your own purposes. I thought it would not be fair if I listened to those people I barely know, if I listened to those hearsay. I thought it would be fair if I kept on going, getting to know you better, and eventually decide it myself, whether you were the person people had been telling me you were, or you were a complete opposite. 

We started out good. You were my good friend. I care deeply for you. For all the sorrows you went through within a very short of time. For all the drama you went through in a short period of time. For all the pain and the anger and everything you felt. For all the obligations you needed to get done. I care for you. I truly do. You were my good friend.

It went good for a while. Kindness after kindness. Cares after cares.

Until this past few days, something opened my eyes. You were my bestfriend. But I wasn’t yours.

Do you know how it feels like to be excluded? To be hidden? To be kept and casted away? To exist in certain times needed? It feels like shit. It feels awful. You treat me wrong, people have been telling me that but I cut you some slack because I thought I understood you. I certainly did not. You treat me as if I only worth 5 pages of you papers. 

You matter to me. You were my good friend. 

I deserve more than to be dismissed. I deserve more than to be excluded. I deserve to be more than a person you come to only at times you need help. I deserve to be treated as person, as a friend. As a great friend you always told me I was.

I know that you’re you. You don’t need anyone, isn’t that what you always tell me? I do know. That no one else matters to you. That everyone else is just an object. You can come and go and so can they. I do know you don’t care about it, you know, who goes and who comes. I am deeply sorry. I need to not to talk to you for a while. I need to distant myself. I need to get away from you. I’m not doing this so you will ask me to come back, I’m sure you won’t do it anyway. I’m doing this for me. I’m doing because I need to believe that I worth more than just a trash, or a dictionary, or a nerd, or a lackey. I’m doing this because I need to make sure that I’m precious, that I deserve to be treated better. I'm doing this because I need to believe that I matter. I’m doing this because no one else would, certainly not you.

I am really happy to see you happy. I was smiling the moment I saw you surrounded by, obviously, your friends. I’m happy that people care for you that much. Someone cares for you that much. I’m happy that you’re happy. 

I was going to wish you happiness, but then I realised, you always get what you want, let it be people or things, you can have everything and anyone so why would I wish you anything else?








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