Saturday, November 15, 2014

To My Sister...

Dear Sister,
            I understand that I grew up to be a despicable human being. I also understand that I will never be the kind of a person that you would ever maintain a friendship with. I’m sorry that you’re forced to do so because we share blood. But there are some things that you have to understand as well; I grew up to be a fucked up person, and I have no fixing.
            I don’t need to be educated and raised, anymore. That is already done. Irregardless of how bad the results are. You have to understand that you are not my mother. And, don’t worry, my failure as a human being won’t be attributed to you. And weirdly enough, it won’t be attributed to my mom, either. I am responsible for my own failures. I am responsible for my own sorrow, and for the pathetic excuse of a life I live in.
            There’s something else I want you to know. I love you, I genuinely do. But I hate who you have grown into. Or, to be exact, I hate the person my mom has turned you into. Because even though she doesn't admit it, she loves you more than all of us. She has you in a golden pedestal. And even though you may have come to disappoint her, you have not come down from that pedestal. And the same goes to your offspring.
            Even though as your younger sister, I was the one destined to imitate you, I have turned into a completely different person from you. Whenever you talk to me about things of your interest, I slip away, and don’t listen to you. I’m sure you do the same. But despite all of that, I have to say, I envy you.
            Although I dislike the fact that my mom nags at me, and tries to be my mother again, I do wish she loved me as much as she loves you. When Camilla was born, she made such a big effort to be there, to go, and just be there. The day I graduated, she didn't even try to get out of bed. Most of all, I envy that you had my mom in full. I was 14 when my mom slipped away. You were 22. I was a kid with a mom with menopause. I am jealous of the things you had. Things I will never have.

            

Thursday, May 8, 2014

I'm Not Allowed To Complain

  I, am not allowed to complain. Thanks to the fact that I am not a person who is married, I don't have any children, I am not sick, and nobody's life depends on me, I cannot complain. I can't exalt pain, I can't say I hurt, I can't say I'm tired, sad, confused, stressed, or in an edge, even though I am.
   I'm lazy, selfish, conceited, self-centered, careless, and all of the negative things of that sort that you can think of. But, my back hurts from my job. Whenever I get my period, I feel like every single drop of blood is going to desert my body.
  My mind, ears, and eyes are tired of my mom's disease. Because of my selfishness, I got to realize that I am the only one that has seen my mom through every time she's been sick, and every time she's been fine. My siblings and dad haven't been there in the entirety of said sickness.
  I have grown tired and weary of my sister trying to be my mother. I'm tired of hating and loving my father. I'm tired of what life has become so far. I'm sad to report, that I AM TIRED OF LIFE.
  But, I'm not allowed to complain. How dare I complain when I don't have a child? How dare I complain when I don't struggle with sickness? How can I, Vasti Flores, dare to complain when I don't have a family to keep alive? I'm an ungrateful little brat that has chicken-shit issues compared to 99% of the world's population.
  Therefore, I am not allowed to complain. I cannot bother anyone else with my chicken-shit issues. My problems are superficial. So much so, that they don't even get to be called, "issues." I can't complain. And you know what? Maybe that's not such a bad thing.