soooo... let's say it's the future sometime.
there was a huge terrible plague and every person on earth died. except you. you're this guy. you wander the earth for years alone. just surviving, learning things that were left behind.
and then one day it turns out there's a woman who's still alive too. you guys are about the same age, she's mildly attractive. you don't have much in common except the overwhelming loneliness of believing you were the last person on earth. you join forces. you learn more about her. you fall madly in love. she is the only woman on earth and so she must be meant for you. you thrive on your differences. you learn from each other. with all the time in the world and only each other to share it with, you learn everything about each other. she makes you laugh. she makes you think about things you never imagined before. you are honest with her in a way that you never could be with people before. there is no one to mock you about the way you feel or think. there is only her, and the chance for complete understanding. she is your everything.
several years later the two of you come across another man. he's a bit younger. only a teenager when the plague hit. you must be the only three people left on earth. you and the woman bond with him. you learn quickly to live together and help each other survive, and cope.
and one day you see that they have fallen in love. she, and him. the only woman on earth has fallen from you and for someone else. the woman you loved so much but who was so different. the woman whose differences you loved so much. they haven't told you, but they will soon. they run off together. surely they are sleeping together. they are probably trying to protect you from the truth. how could she love someone else when you have shared so much?
you'll never find someone else. you are overcome with a kind of grief that you could not have begun to imagine in the world before.
should you kill them?
should you kill yourself?
should you leave and walk the earth alone?
could you stay with them and watch them together every day, knowing that of the two last men on earth, she chose him over you?
how can you live, knowing that you will always be so alone?
seasons will pass. you can travel the world. you can watch the sun rise from every place you've ever imagined. and you will always, always be alone.
there was a huge terrible plague and every person on earth died. except you. you're this guy. you wander the earth for years alone. just surviving, learning things that were left behind.
and then one day it turns out there's a woman who's still alive too. you guys are about the same age, she's mildly attractive. you don't have much in common except the overwhelming loneliness of believing you were the last person on earth. you join forces. you learn more about her. you fall madly in love. she is the only woman on earth and so she must be meant for you. you thrive on your differences. you learn from each other. with all the time in the world and only each other to share it with, you learn everything about each other. she makes you laugh. she makes you think about things you never imagined before. you are honest with her in a way that you never could be with people before. there is no one to mock you about the way you feel or think. there is only her, and the chance for complete understanding. she is your everything.
several years later the two of you come across another man. he's a bit younger. only a teenager when the plague hit. you must be the only three people left on earth. you and the woman bond with him. you learn quickly to live together and help each other survive, and cope.
and one day you see that they have fallen in love. she, and him. the only woman on earth has fallen from you and for someone else. the woman you loved so much but who was so different. the woman whose differences you loved so much. they haven't told you, but they will soon. they run off together. surely they are sleeping together. they are probably trying to protect you from the truth. how could she love someone else when you have shared so much?
you'll never find someone else. you are overcome with a kind of grief that you could not have begun to imagine in the world before.
should you kill them?
should you kill yourself?
should you leave and walk the earth alone?
could you stay with them and watch them together every day, knowing that of the two last men on earth, she chose him over you?
how can you live, knowing that you will always be so alone?
seasons will pass. you can travel the world. you can watch the sun rise from every place you've ever imagined. and you will always, always be alone.
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If you build your walls tall enough, the pain cant get out.