Story #6 “Emotions”

You act like it’s all for you, like it was created with no one else in mind. You go about with an air that no one else even exists, that he doesn’t exist, or they don’t, or that I don’t exist! Right here! Right next to you…I don’t exist? I’m right here!! you made eye contact with me, but you didn’t see me, did you? I’m red in the face, I’m yelling at you, and I am fuming! You have made me fill up with so much hatred inside for that brief moment, but that is not me; I don’t like to hate. I quickly come out of a feeling of hatred, but still I hate that you caused that in me. It’s not even about your lack of acknowledgement of my presence that upsets me most. Your lack of acknowledgement of my presence puts me in danger, it puts them in danger, and him too. It puts me in danger of putting all of them in danger, or them putting me in danger. Some say you shouldn’t even be doing what you’re doing, but not me. I support you. I’m ok with what you are doing, sometimes I like to do it too, but there are rules to follow. Yes, you have rights, but you also have rules. Rules not intended to make it less enjoyable or to hinder your rights, but rules to keep YOU safe, and yes, also rules to keep me safe, and him safe, and all of them safe. I’m fuming, not because I don’t support you or don’t want you to exist how you desire, but because I desire to keep you safe. In order to keep you safe, I need you to support me and keep me safe.