Let me tell you a bit about my night. It started with me and my mother getting into yet another of our arguments (initiated by me and encouraged by me, yes I'm blaming myself for everything, get over it) involving subway sandwhiches and quessadillas. It was stupid and petty and not worth mentioning. But we were both pretty sore over it when we sat down for dinner, during which time I proceeded to insult her on her cooking, her disposition, her way of speaking, and just about everything else I could think of. She burst into tears and left the room....and the only thought going through my head was
...Whatever.
And that's when I realized just how much I'd changed. I mean even a couple weeks ago I would've felt at least moderately guilty, and this incident didn't invoke...anything in me. I realized this was partly due to the fact that she'd done the same thing to me numerous times, but still, she probably felt at least marginally guilty afterwards. Even though my mom has done way worse to me then petty insults, but still...
And then I realized just how heartless I'd become. I began to wonder if this is how Hitler had started out, and I began to contemplate suicide again. And then I realized that I couldn't because I'd signed a contract, but really, who cares? What are they gonna do to me if I break it? Kill me? Cremate me in a tub of tuna and invite a bunch of nuns to my funeral to 'tsk' at me for revenge? Not likely.
But still, I'm too cowardly. I can't do it the conventional way, and I needed some time to think. So I grabbed my sneakers, told my mom good-bye and sorry, and left. I walked down to Toyon Park, singing some stupid song and trying to keep from crying, and swung on the swings a bit to remind myself of what I used to be and what I could've become. And 'bout 15 minutes later my mom showed up and yelled at me to get in the car so she could take me to some psychiactric hospital...but it would be fruitless, I already knew that. There's no cure for me. And my mom starts getting frantic and yelling because I'm STEALING these years for her and I long to shout..."IM STEALING THESE YEARS FROM *US*? This is MY childhood, Ive waited my whole life for highschool and everything that comes with it, and I dont have any of it. I have no friends, my grades...I cant even HOPE to improve, its too late, and Ill be stuck with a mediocre job at Mc Donalds...and the ONLY reason my mom came for me was because Id borrowed her coat. Maybe it was more then that, maybe it wasnt. It doesn't matter.
Tomorrow thigns will go back to normal and Ill go to school and wish I was somewhere else. Then Ill come home and wish the same. Possibly Ill wallow in my own self-pity for awhile and start crying, and the cycle will repeat itself again and again. Maybe even for the rest of my life. I dont really know. I dont really care.
All I want is to live again, to laugh, and love, and mean it. To joke around with abandon and not fall asleep in class and lie up awake crying during the night and spend lunch either at the cafeteria or at the health room not talking...no matter who Im with.
And every time I think Ive made improvement, or Im coming back out of my shell, I just get pushed in again. And Im afraid to tell anyone, or confide in anyone, because I'm afraid it'll ruin my relationship with them. And while I don't really have a relationship with anyone, I cant stand to lose any more then I already have. Once you've hit rock bottom, you can still cause an avalanche.
I dont want pity, and I dont want consolement only to be ignored two days later. I want a friendship, even if I know I don't deserve one. Even if I've turned into such a heartless bitch without an empathetic bone in her body, I want to change. I want to love....but...how?
I dont even know what to say...
Or how to say it.
I'm sorry I've ruined myself.
Bye. |