Alone
jasonleow • 16 Nov 2024 •
Just me alone tonight, on this road.
Familiar.
But tonight I see I’ve always been alone on this road. No one, not even those closest, those who loves you dearest, can walk with you on this road.
That stings to see.
Such is the fate to those who see too clearly.
They say, no one coming to save you. I don’t need someone to save me, thank you very much. That’s too much inconvenience to have to trouble someone through. But I never thought not only someone’s not coming to save you but no one’s coming to walk with you.
We truly are alone on our paths.
Familiar.
Comments
Yeah agree, this post is me trying to make peace with not ever being able to connect 100%. Fleeting moments some of the time, is all we can go with.
jasonleow • 25 Nov 2024, 2:17 am
When I first moved back to Kuwait I had an intense feeling of being “lonely in the crowd.” Yes I’m surrounded by people who love me, but none shared my way of thinking. I knew no one can understand me fully. There will always be parts of me that I’ll never share with others or be understood by others.
But I made peace with that. I don’t need to connect 100% with others. 80% is great. 60% can be wonderful. We can cherish the parts only we get to witness, while still appreciating the connections we can have with others over common experiences.
And we should also be aware of the possibility we think others won’t understand because maybe, sometimes, we are the ones excluding others from potentially shared experiences.