I Know Reality

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I just can't help it.

I realize, I guess, that reality isn't a story. Reality won't have a good ending. Reality doesn't contain people who understand you completely, people who you can trust and love and know that they feel the same way without so much as a shadow of a doubt. It just doesn't.

I just don't want to tell anyone about my problems because I know that deep down, they don't care. No one cares about anything anymore. No one feels empathy... Because no one knows how. Why should I tell anyone what's bothering me when they'll only get upset and tell me I need help, or baby me like a fragile newborn? I don't want that and they don't understand that. They don't know how to listen, and that is all I want...

For someone to listen without any judgment or bias and then hold me while I cry, letting me hide my shame in the confines of their embrace.

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