And nobody sees it but me.
Something has been bugging me lately. And I'm that sort of person who plays matador as soon as I can so I can dissolve that problem from my life. It's a weird problem - one that I have no idea how to solve, or even what direction to plan any action to.
Here goes.
I need someone to explain this relationship to me. Something made of sarcasm, teasing, name-calling, shoving, rudeness, insensitivity and basically anything everything that would mean a really sour connection. It involves two individuals with stark differences, one with a larger-than-life personality and the other with a penchant for being quiet, introverted and almost reclusive.
And yet it's something I just can't rid myself of. Something I don't want to rid myself of. Maybe because I have never experienced it before, where both parties want different things from each other, but each of us have no idea what it is. I like it somehow and yet I can't figure it out. The very apparent conflict seems to reach out to me - deep down - like as if the person cares about me enough to make a joke about me and know that I will laugh it of.
So it just seems like we're kinda close. We're just two close friends in a weird relationship.
Wrong.
The thing is - we're not the least bit close. Now that I think of it, we hardly have anything to talk about. We do listen to the same music, just that one of us more than the other. And we don't like the same things, watch the same shows, and one of us has fun in her spare time while the other prefers to work. And neither do we understand our individual emotional pasts.
So, what is it then? I usually have an answer at this point of the post, but for the first time - it's safe to say.
I have no clue.
Back to my supposed problem. Lately, this person seems to be shutting themselves out from everyone again, just as they were at the beginning. And this person has become more insensitive and condescending, and simply a little bit of a headache lately. I may have an idea about why this is happening, but your guess is as good as mine. And the biggest issue is :
I can't do anything about it.
This person is slipping away from me in front of my eyes, but my limbs are bound; my mouth gagged. And I don't even know what is dragging this person from me. Neither do I know how to get them back. And like I said, I can't afford to have this person slip away from our friendship. It's sad to think about what it would be like without this person. Also that despite the seemingly rocky friendship, I can feel a connection. I can feel something that draws me towards the person.
There is too much chemistry between us to let go. Oh, the irony.
And, oh dear - that wall! This person has such a fort built around them, that if you combined the Romans, Nazis and Russian mafia into a military coalition to penetrate it, they might actually give up their jobs. It's as if this person is protecting themselves from something isn't even there, but feels more secure about being emotionally-detached.
But don't get me wrong. Deep down - past the conflicts and issues between us - lies a really good soul. A person with the kindest heart and is sweet because they want to be. And it perplexes me that no one sees this but me. And that it hasn't bothered anyone as much as it has bothered me.
Someday, I'm going to break down that wall. And I'm going to show everyone that there is certainly more than what meets the eye.
Time to show that military coalition how it's done.
Cheers.