Miss Misery (From Early April)

sometimes in their darkest moments the people who love you reach out in desperation. they feel abandoned, isolated, lonely, in need of the comfort of a loving soul who will embrace them at such a vulnerable time. welcoming them into your life warmly is like feeding a stray, they wont forget your kind gesture, nor will they any betrayals of that trust, and a tenuous trust it is.

the relief these souls seek is fleeting if the source of their ills resides in their own judgment, or lack there of.  one has to use their own best judgment to ascertain just how and why these disenchanted folk have become so alienated from the company they chose to keep; or distance themselves from.  they say misery loves company, and you have to wonder why certain people only reach out when they are down, only to pull themselves up by clinging on to you, then letting go and moving on, leaving all the heavy lifting to you.  is it some sort of retribution masked as trust?  do they resent the cautionary advice you shared that they have lived to see proven correct?

It is a shame when someone sees you as the one to come to uninhibited only after they have been jilted or abused by those they pursued.  Then they distance themselves as soon as they are presented with brighter prospects.  It seems fickle but the reality is something darker. Why would a person only share the worst moments of their emotional life with you and move on when they felt more at ease and assured in themselves and their circumstances?  It's not to say they treat you like waste, more like they treat you like a toilet.  It's a filthy way to treat another human being.  No one should stand for that.  Turn the other cheek, yes, but if you don't receive love in kind, for whatever reason, head for the door. You can lead a horse to water...