LIES and the Liar
How should one respond to “I love you” when it is being confessed to them? Should we remain silent when we are not ready? Or do we smile back and reply “I love you too” when we barely love that person, and we do so to maintain decorum.
Why would one think they are ready to say “I love you”? Are you sure the other person deserves to hear it, or is that person on the same level as you are? Do you mutter out “I love you” as a gesture of kindness or do you really mean it?
Where do we go from here? I know I don’t love you, although you have shown much kindness and support. But it’s barely enough for me to phantom. I don’t love you. I barely know you. No, I know nothing about you. I’ll pull away even more this time around, as I feel you somehow seem real about it, but it also seems like a nightmare.
USED and the User
Why do we keep doing this to each other? We seem to love cutting each other up, and throwing one another into the dump to heal, and we return to push that knife slightly deeper the second round. You will not see the abrasions on my face, nor my hand, arms or legs. They are all hidden deep in the depth of my soul. Even if you found that scar, what can you do about it? You don’t care enough to heal it for me. You only stare at the pain you have caused and apologize. I don’t need your pity sorry and pity looks. I would prefer if we stop hurting each other and heal all the past scars.
When I say you and I, it works both ways. I do not deny I have treated you any better. Perhaps I only feel the cuts as I only feel you. There is not a cloud clouding my better judgement, and I can see things for what they are.
At times, I feel used by you and the revelation impairs me. Perhaps I may be nothing more to you, and you may not be everything to me, but definitely you are someone to me. I can’t stop my eyes from welling up; when I suspect that I might be used to ease your pain.
Much damage has been done, and it’s not over yet.