our story was a pathetic one, anyway
the things i would do for you you would never do for me
don't you know i would kill to be happy
helpless and begging for you
i love you so much i feel sick!!
Ada LimΓ³n, from βThe Great Blue Heron Of Dunbar Roadβ, Bright Dead Things
Anais Nin, Mirages: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin, 1939-1947
i feel so emotionally jerked around. iβve been trying to handle my relationship with someone who i cared about so deeply, and who treated me so poorly and yet so sweetly at the same time, for years. someone who would stop at nothing to get my attention when i wasnβt talking to them. someone that would drive an hour to my house knowing that i probably wasnβt going to give in and talk. someone who pestered me so much i had to change my number. someone who built me up like i was the most important person in the world. someone who promised me unconditional love. someone who made me feel that no matter what, they would always be there for me.
and now theyβre someone who ignores me. someone who talks behind my back. someone who spreads negativity and stretched truths about me. someone who has turned everyone that once had my back into enemies. someone who has made me cry and lose sleep more times than i can count.
so i try to remember all the times when they were someone who took advantage of me. someone who took advantage of my familyβs kindness. someone who took consent off the table. someone who blamed me for times that i was harassed. someone who didnβt trust me, without any reason.
but no matter how hard i try to reason it out i still donβt understand how they ended up being someone who has everyone on their side. someone who plays the victim so well. someone who hasnβt yet gotten the karma that they deserve. someone who could make everyone forget everything they did wrong.
itβs times like these that i wonder what it all really meant to you anyway
whether my pain was just par for the course or maybe you just lost your way
i donβt want anyone else to feel the way i do with you
Psycho Goreman
i have to learn how to love right