Thursday, August 18, 2011

Insurmountable Distances

I have broken through to people before.. Because I wanted to.. Because I tried.. And they did not resent me trying.. And it's the same with whoever else..

If I care, I'll try, I'll try every goddamn bit that I can try.. But if you keep shutting out people, you cannot expect them to always hang around and keep knocking on the doors you've slammed on their face.. Perseverance only lasts for so long.. Hope is a good thing and no good thing ever dies, yes.. It does fade out though..

Have you ever felt unwelcome? Like when you are with one of your closest friends and you feel a shift in a faraway place and a tide of unstoppable fate crashing into you, taking you away from this person?
Like when you talk to someone after ages and you realise that nothing has changed and yet nothing stayed the same? Like when you start feeling that the sarcasm you were used to for ages, now, for some reason, has an added level of scornful malevolence to it?

I'm tired of calling up, I'm tired of mailing, I'm tired of being the one keeping in touch.. I'm tired of being the fool, I'm tired of being the spare tyre, I'm sure-as-heaven tired of being a doormat..
I'm tired of being the phone call that's not answered..
I'm tired of being the message that is not replied to..
I'm tired of being out-of-sight-out-of-mind..

It doesn't make sense when we have had very few moments together and you remove those from memory, you know. And so I removed mine as well. It might not matter to you; it did matter to me. Still does. How do I forget about you? This whole writing spree is meant to help me come to terms with who I am. Honest, candid, rude, and most times, direct. That’s how I want to keep it here. Though there are times I’d rather wear a mask.

Am I meant just for amusement? Is that what you consider me, a jester? Someone whom you can talk to when there’s no one else, and then leave all of a sudden when you’ve got better people to spend your time with? Is that all???

The ache inside doesn't go away, the eyes don't stop burning, however much you cover it up with people, places, things.. You don't care, and I want to stop, I SO want to stop caring too.. But I can't. Simply because I'm not effing wired that way! There's the one voice that comes from the joke of an organ within my chest, the heart, that simply cries with every beat "WHYMEWHYTHIS". Then there's the brain that's much better, that makes a lot more sense, telling me to move on. Stupid brain is just not as loud as the heart.. The heart that feels like Christmas morning every time it thinks of you..

I don't want to be hard on anyone.. As much as I do profess it, I do not enjoy being mean or sarcastic.. If you love someone, you need to show it.. not by words, not even by action.. Just by being there.. By being around..

I don't have to say anything, I don't have to do something.. I just want to be the hand, you can slip your hand into, as we walk along, just for reassurance, just to keep warm, just to be your anchor..

I do need people.. I sorely miss not being with you.. I'm just really good at hiding it.. Maybe..

Missing you is the hardest thing I've ever had to do.. And I'm still doing it.. Convincing myself I don't like you and that I don't need you is next..
I miss you
I do
But are we meant to be together?
I so wish I knew

I pray..
for the courage to endure times of testing..
for the faith to keep anticipating, keep hoping, keep believing..
for the spirit to walk and not feel faint..
for the strength to run and not be weary..
for the patience to be patient.

6 comments:

  1. I remember a song.

    First I was afraid
    I was petrified
    Kept thinking I could never live
    without you by my side
    But I spent so many nights
    thinking how you did me wrong
    I grew strong
    I learned how to carry on
    and so you're back
    from outer space
    I just walked in to find you here
    with that sad look upon your face
    I should have changed my stupid lock
    I should have made you leave your key
    If I had known for just one second
    you'd be back to bother me

    Go on now go walk out the door
    just turn around now
    'cause you're not welcome anymore
    weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
    you think I'd crumble
    you think I'd lay down and die
    Oh no, not I
    I will survive
    as long as i know how to love
    I know I will stay alive
    I've got all my life to live
    I've got all my love to give
    and I'll survive
    I will survive

    -Gloria Gaynor

    Chin up, Eby. Come hell, high water or Hurricane Heartbreak, you will survive. You will survive.

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  2. Rindo, on a lighter note, Chandler Bing's taken the serious out of that :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F26ydbbDssw&feature=related

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  3. This really made me sad. Sigh. Remember, you're the one who told me, that we all learn it the hard way. :P

    Shrek. :)

    P.S. You should really watch Eternal Sunshine. Pleeeease! :D

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  4. Eby ..

    I am a phone call away..!! Literally!

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  5. Eby...

    I don't know you and don't know what you've been though but there's something I've always liked and appreciated...having enough courage to speak your heart out! Most of us these days don't but you did and did it well. It was one wonderful piece of writing with some striking points. enjoyed reading it! :)

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