I Unlove You
“These words form sentences, and the numbers provide facts. It all comes together to form a job, a task; a project that will take me a day, week, or month to complete. This page offers me a purpose for being here, but it just lies there, staring at me, mocking me. ‘Read me’ it says. ‘This is your job. This is why you’re here. Can’t you read, idiot?”
Maybe I can’t. Maybe I’ve forgotten. Maybe I’ve misplaced a part of life I once loved so dear.
It’s something else she’s stolen from me, took with h...er when she left. For months, I struggled to read because of the burden she unloaded on me; impending fatherhood, and the many anxieties that come with it, halted my drifting into fictional worlds. Each page a struggle, just like it is now. She didn’t have to do it to me. She could have told me the truth from the start, at least that way I’d only have gone through this pain once.
Picking up the piece of paper, I twirl it in my fingers, trying to determine its gist without committing to the actual art of reading.MoreLess
Maybe I can’t. Maybe I’ve forgotten. Maybe I’ve misplaced a part of life I once loved so dear.
It’s something else she’s stolen from me, took with h...er when she left. For months, I struggled to read because of the burden she unloaded on me; impending fatherhood, and the many anxieties that come with it, halted my drifting into fictional worlds. Each page a struggle, just like it is now. She didn’t have to do it to me. She could have told me the truth from the start, at least that way I’d only have gone through this pain once.
Picking up the piece of paper, I twirl it in my fingers, trying to determine its gist without committing to the actual art of reading.MoreLess
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