Step up or get stepped on.

Art : Julia.

By Sakuan.

Julia listen to me, this is what we have to do Julia, we have to co-exist with the world, and for us to move forward we have to be them, but remember this Julia we can’t lose ourselves while we are them, we have no choice. I don’t want to do this either but I have to, that is the only way we can have certainty of tomorrow. We can trick them, but how long can we keep up with a lie before it becomes exhausting, it is hard to remember a lie, and living a lie is hard to keep up with, we already found this out the hard way, let us not go through this path again, please Julia. Julia please listen to me, see my pain, you said you understood me, show it, please show that you do.

Life is unfair Julia, I thought you knew this, please listen to me, I know I was wrong last time but this time, this time, I swear I got the memo, this time everything is going to be different Julia. I can’t promise you a good life, I can’t promise you a perfect life, I can’t promise you a life full of laughter. I can’t sell you dreams, the only thing I can promise you is that I love you and I will do anything to keep this love of ours strong and that will include me trying to do my best to give you all those things that I can’t promise you.

-RISE-

Julia doesn’t understand how the world works, she should. Julia doesn’t realize sometimes you have to do things you don’t want to do to thrive, I am in a privileged position of understanding this. To trick them you have to lie, you can live in a lie but not for long, I always advise her to tell the truth for it is easier to remember and keep up with it. In my experience, a lie always catches up with you, and it did once again. I had to learn the hard way that I either should step up or get stepped on. Julia, please…

By Nu Nazareth.