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what sucks about expectations is where they come from. they could be expectations of yourself from you, from other people like family, friends or even strangers. or it could be expectations you have of other people. you could either let them down, or they let you down. either way, someone gets hurt. i'd rather it be me than anyone else but "you cant set yourself on fire to keep others warm." how is it so easy? to walk away. you can decide to make someone else's problem your problem or you walk out like it wont bother you. how do you make it look so easy? all i can do it blame myself while watching other's universe falling apart,

her scars were showing one day. he noticed. he asked. she talked. he listened. she turned to him, her only friend, whenever she felt down. he would comfort her. something about him made her heart warm. made her smile brighter. made her cruel world into a better place. that feeling of happiness whenever he was around. whenever he smiled, whenever he laughed. even from a mile away. she laughed, she smiled. all because of him. one day, she went to him. she whispered in his ear. "i think I love you." he gasped. he smiled. he hugged her. she hugged him back. few years later, he was caught with another girl, in a diffe

do you ever feel like crying but you have no idea why? its like your brain is pushing you heart back down to the ocean for it to drown. like its forcing all the happiness to die and replace all of it with pain. she felt like that months ago. she's trying to learn. learn how to control. learn how to swim. learn how to breathe under water under all the pressure. now she feels like she's drowning. how do people seem to do it so well? how do they float? after all the waves of problems crashing down on them... they still manage to swim. she wanted to be strong like them. instead, she's weak. she cries over everything. she b