@suchnerve “Am I manipulative and/or demanding for directly and clearly communicating a request for mutual honesty and transparency?” “Am I being too sensitive for having my feelings hurt by that [objectively hurtful action]?” “Am I interpreting these facts and my experiences correctly?”
the pigeon doesn’t understand your disdain for it; it coos for you anyway. the tree does not know you own an axe for it; its leaves sway in the sun anyway. the starving cat eats the poison you put out. it doesn’t know how not to trust. the earth forgives you, in spite of yourself
looking down and feeling trapped, seeing no way out except for the array of alleyways and suffocating apartment blocks versus looking up at the wide and grandiose sky… all the possibilities are now open, there are endless dreams to have, a life that is seemingly never ending.