Monday, June 16, 2008

This isn't a hotel; get out.

There's never any closure with her. She's as convoluted as I am. Perhaps my honesty and complete okayness with submitting to my faults comes from the want of closure that I never received with her.

She is an individual as much as I am.

I don't want her money (if she isn't willing with all her heart as a mother to support me), I don't want her hard earned dough. She went through her tough times and defeated her demons and poverty stricken life. Now it's my turn and I can't be leeching off of her. I understand that. Even though I am her daughter, what right do I have to take anything from her that I have not earned? I have no right and I shouldn't be angry if she doesn't really want to have to do with me after I've decided to move out. I guess I just never understood what it meant to be a "good/lovable daughter."

"This isn't a hotel," he said. "You can't just live here and use us the way you do. You can't be going out whenever you want to and not listen to us. You have to follow the rules if you are to stay here."

I understand, I really do. But I want my freedom. I want to be able to go outside whenever I want to. I want to sleep where ever the hell I choose to sleep. I am smart. I don't have meaningless fun. I read. I think. I have ambitions. I'm a hard worker. I may make stupid decisions, but I'm always open to learning from my mistakes.

Perhaps I am being naive to the eyes of most others. Stay with your parents some might say. Do as they say. Be safe and allow that roof to be bolted over your head. Wash the dishes and say nice things to them. Lock up your soul. Live for what they want you to live for. Have a nice meal. Don't screw yourself over. Be obedient. It's good for you, for your existence. You won't feel the pain that society has to offer those who decide to trek on their own. Suffocate yourself.

If freedom's what I want, then freedom's what I'll get.

"Get out!" they shouted.

Okay so, maybe that's not what they really said. But I don't really know what they want from me. I don't really want anything from them. I just hope they remain safe and happy.

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