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Selfish Night

by alexis-mayer

I’ve found myself feeling sad at night. This is not something I say to make myself sound poetic or wounded. Because no one should ever try to be those things. They just are. But as I was saying. I’ve been feeling sad at night. And I’ve tried my hardest to find the root of this emotion Because every morning I wake up with the sun on my shoulder And I swear I couldn’t thank God enough for the chance to breathe again. For the chance to see and feel another day. But I’ve felt this emptiness lately that the night seems to share. This feeling of unfullfilment. I’ve thought a lot about the cause of it. The reason for this. But there is none. If anything I have every right to feel fulfilled. I’m breathing, I have family who are very much alive. I have friends I speak with every day And still. There is something Missing. I don’t know what it is. I haven’t the slightest idea. And this alone is the most unsettling part. No root. No cause Nothing. A perfectly healthy 18 year old girl Who finds herself unhappy at night. Sounds strange to say outloud. But there it is. And I know some would call it selfish. Stop bitching about your feelings when people are suffering People are bleeding People are starving People are cold And I’ve found that it’s very easy to say these things about people I don’t know. But I don’t know the struggles of others , and they don’t know my struggles either So I can only pray that people don’t say these things about me. Selfish isn’t it? Nothing worth talking about. But still I am. I’ll just wait for the morning.
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Dec 28, 2012
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