Death and Rebirth
No, I am not referring to Evangelion.
I am a changed person. The events of days not long past have left their indelible mark upon me.
I will go on living, but no longer can I stay as myself. It’s a whole new search for my own identity and my place on Terra.
I have learnt two very important lessons.
1. Only your family will think twice, thrice, a million times before hurting you, and not even think before coming to your aid.
2. Life must be enjoyed, alone, or otherwise.
The first is a relatively easy lesson to absorb. The second’s harder. But now that it seems that for the forseeable future I am destined to be alone, I haven’t really got a choice.
As I close a chapter on my somewhat exciting life, I now head into the future, with the burden of past memories largely put behind me. I’ll probably be a little empty for a while. Whether the space left vacant by my forced removal of once treasured feelings and memories will be filled remains to be seen.
- J’ai mes joies, mes peines - elle font ma vie. Mais je dois y aller. Au revoir, ma vieux vie!
I don’t care if the above is grammatically wrong. It probably is, anyway.