In all seriousness, I truly wish the best for Mark. If there was a person I could think of who deserves another shot at life, a normal life without the pressures of being a public figure with more critical eyes then there are of adoration, Mark is the first person that comes to mind.
This is Mark's decision—probably a difficult one with heavy consideration too—and I of course will wholeheartedly support the path he had chosen for himself. It may not be the path I had envisioned at first (because I fully believed 7dream will be dancing Trigger the fever like they're still in their 20s at like 80 or something lol) but if it involves him, his happiness and well-being, then who am I to go against what he wants?
Reading Mark's heartfelt letter was bittersweet too. It was beautifully written, a goodbye letter that almost felt like a promise of coming back? Whether as an artist or something else veering away from what he was once to us, I will wait for that day. Doesn't matter how long, or how he'll do it, just know I'll greet him like a close friend i haven't seen in years but still so excited to reunite with.
I'm not angry (gosh I could never be), just mostly sad and maybe still in shock like I still can't really believe that this is all real, and yet at the same time I also kind of made peace with it. I haven't been with them long, but I do know that Mark has been in this industry for more than a decade. He has done so much and pushed through even with the hellish schedule he's been given time and time again.
He deserves to properly rest, to breathe without having the crushing weight of being put on a pedestal by hundred, thousands or even millions of people, and live life the way that he wants to.
As Jisung said, 'nothing lasts forever, but just as the wish for something to be eternal is love, I think the feeling of not wanting to let go, yet wanting to let them go, is also love'.
And thanks for making the years i’ve spent with you brighter.
