🔵 By Ernest Morris. Photo by lauragrafie.
PROMPT:
– You receive an unusual written missive, on your tablet or via a letter.
– It is a message from one of the mistakes you’ve made last year, which has come to life.
– It is excited to keep on repeating this one big or small action of your past, if you cannot convince it to stop. Write about your mistake, the message, and how the story unfolds.
I entered my assigned concrete tomb today and noticed a letter on the floor. I picked up the envelope and seen it was from Mu. I immediately thought to myself „What could he possibly want? And what crazy suggestions does he have for me now?“
Mu is someone with good qualities but tends to set himself back pursuing bad ideas. When I saw he pursues bad ideas, I mean he acts on ideas that open the door for negative consequences. Consequences that when they come have him sitting in a palce of isolation reevaluating his life, previous mistakes and wallowing in depression and self pity. I comfort him each time he’s in a jam and each time he claims he’s going to change. He does for a moment, but the pain of the past haunts him so that he takes up shelter in behavior which brings about temporary comfort. Again, opening himself up to consequences he once sought comfort from. He’s caught up in what seems to be a never-ending cycle. My only advice for him is to snap out of it. I constantly remind him of the pain he felt the last tiem he got caught up. He acts like he understands but still tries to convince me that some of his reasons are justified, or were necessary. I’m not buying it. It’s like I’m dealing with a child! I know his childhood was messed up but damn. I also know that he does certain things just to cope with the pain he feels. I can’t take away his pain, I can only support him in his tough times.
However, I’m so tired of suffering with him through the same mistakes. This has to be done! Ending this relationship would be like losing a piece of myself. The thought is scary. Which piece of me can I live without? I just have to respond and let him know how I feel. Hopefully he’ll walk away and make it easier on the both of us. What if he doesn’t though? Only one way to find out.
Dear Mu…