I've had a rough week. My problem is that I care too much. I'm so sensitive that even problems that arent mine bother me. I should have never let it get this far, that's for sure. But I am an indulgent fool. Every new unfourtunate event unfolding and leaving me pained even more. It has made me question even the most foundational feelings, the basis of human kind. In what parallel universe am I living in that a son's parents turn their back on him, void of compassion or understanding? "Tough Love, a kick to get him on track" is what my councellor said. I find it to be only slightly extreme, taking your son to court, but that may just be me.
I feel like somewhere along my life there was a shift. Suddenly nothing was for fun any more, it was all necessary. Suddenly I'm bothering with what others think, afraid to link any connotations I deem negative to my being. Why do I care what people I've never met, who'll forget they ever saw me, think of me; this obscure stranger in their peripherals. It's a warped sense of mind and place, seeing the space around me in my mind's made up ways. So I stray away from everyone, isolating myself unwittingly, turning them against me. Self fulfilling prophecies, I succeed in creating this reality. I need to break free from my mind's mentalities, with which negativity has propelled me. So I've started a new sport. I call it neighborhood night dancing. Donning headphones and heading out alone to the empty streets as the city sleeps, and moving to the beat. Letting it compel me towards a freedom long gone missing. Letting go is an art. Complete release is a tough ...
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