‘I have always been alone anyway’
I just turned 28 this week. It feels strange to say because I don’t feel like it. I don’t feel younger or older, I don’t feel like anything. The night before my birthday I took a walk and all of a sudden a realized something. What a relief. I was always afraid of being alone, for all my life, I did everything in a way that I would never be alone. Birthdays, milestones, graduations, when mom got sick, when dad got sick, when I had my first job, when I quit my first job, when I moved to another country, when I lost loved ones, when I was broke, when I was so depressed to get out of bed, when I was so happy, when I woke up in the morning. I was always afraid I would be alone. That people would leave and friends would stop loving me. And yet that day I realized, somehow, I have been all alone since the birth of that fear. On every occasion. Every time I just mentioned. Every morning, every evening. And all the friends left. And I survived. I am now 28. What a relief.
“I've always been lonely
But don't be afraid
I've always been lonely
Like a song never played”
-BB King










