A rant from the book "eat pray love"
They come upon me all silent and menacing like Pinkerton Detectives, and they flank me-Depression on my left, Loneliness on my right. (Hey don't need to show me. Their badges. I know these guys very well. We've been playing a cat-and-mouse game for years now. Though I admit that I am surprised to meet them in this elegant Italian garden at dusk. This is no place they belong.
I say to them,"how did you find me here? Who told you I had come to Rome?"
Depression, always the wise guy,says "What-you're not happy to see us?"
"Go away!" I tell them.
Loneliness, the more sensitive cop, says, "I'm sorry ma'am. !ut I might have to tail you the whole time you're traveling. Its my assignment."
"I'd really rather you didn't," - tell him, and he shrugs almost apologetically, but only moves closer.
Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity; but he always does that. Then loneliness starts interrogating mean which I dread because it always goes on for hours. He's polite but relentless, and he always trips me up eventually. He asks if I have any reason to be happy that I know of. He asks why I am all by myself tonight, yet again. He asks why I can't keep a relationship going, why I messed things up with every man I've ever been with.........he asks where I think ill end up in my old age, if I keep living this way.
Loneliness watches and sighs, then climbs into bed and pulls the covers over himself, fully dressed, shoes and all. He's going to make me sleep with him again tonight, I just know it.
Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network.
Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
September 5, 2009
Yep this sums it up!
Posted by Lexi Life at 12:57 AM
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