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In life, to me that is, there are 2 things worse than defeat ,which is in itself pretty much a big thing for us to deal with :
Disillusion and Abandonment.
I’ve been having to cope with these 2 separate things for some time now due to certain….incidents with people I know.Or knew.
Its a feeling that is like a frozen serrated blade that saws through the heart after piercing it. At least in defeat one can take pride in at least having tried.
But I HAVE tried.
I have tried time and time again to make things better. Even at the cost of my own happiness. Maybe its my zealousness in living it for others that they enjoy a better quality of life. But at some point, it became too much to bear ; especially when the ones you careD about knowingly/unknowingly hurt you.Badly.
Then it suddenly hit you. You feel like an overused rusty bicycle chain.You feel the strain of going through all that effort to ensure the spinning of the tyres. Thing is, the picture in both cases was that the bicycle (the friend) was already in an effortless motion down the hill. The bicycle chain wasn’t needed.
The split in both paths was that one bicycle crashed, the other was still on a ‘smooth’ ride downhill. I used the inverted comma, because I’m/ve (been) out of the loop for some time.
The one that crashed tried pedalling again, but the bicycle couldn’t function as it used to.No matter how much the rider tried/tries. The bicycle would never work the same again. Even if one would set his mind to it , lets be honest ; the damage was done. The damage was irreparable. The picture surrounding this relationship (friendship) is that of the cyclist trying to use this particular bike with this rusty chain…to go uphill.
As for the other? I am but a seemingly useless bicycle chain , only to be used when that person needs an additional boost in speed down that hill, or to generate some force in helping that person thru that person’s path in life…until that person gets in a state of accelaration and speed that does not require the bicycle chain.
In all of our endeavors to endear the ones we love (I do not include mutuality when I say this…It could be strictly one way)…. Have we ever bothered to ask ourselves; ” Is this really worth my time?”
At the moment ; I’m inclined to detach myself from these bicycles that have been plaguing me. This shit isn’t worth it.
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