Pain
Life's frelled. Living with it can be tough at times.
It was a warm summer afternoon” there I was, with my cart full of groceries, wondering which part of this lonesome city did the taxi get lost in. Happiness was aplenty in the parking lot. Darn those lucky people with cars, they never need to worry about anything.
Tired and bored with staring at the strange dirt formations on the ground, I looked up. And then I saw it” the perfect family. An aspiring young man with his newlywed, both blessed with a bundle of joy snuggled up in a pink stroller. For a moment, I had an urge to go up to them and welcome them to this distant part of the world.
That urge was short lived. When I looked beyond them at their harmony, I felt a deep pang in my heart as my mind took me back through time. Broken dreams appeared before me once again. Lost memories started their awful haunt. All of which I thought I had forgotten, everything reincarnated in all its might. The life I thought I was destined for, the love I was promised by her. We had so many plans. Ecstasy had reached its peak back then. The hours, the days, the weeks, the months we spent in each other’s company. Everything flashed by in front of me. The good, the bad, and the unthinkable.
As they entered the supermarket, misery overtook my soul” his was the life I deserved, of warmth and serenity. Not the bitter cold of my past. His was the life I longed for, of joy and simple pleasures. Not memories stained with salty tears. His was the life I “
”Yo! Time is Money, move your lazy arse!!’ The taxi had finally arrived. Woe is me.
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