She looked at my eyes with tears streaming down her face.Her eyes seemed to search mine.Hoping to read what it is that was going through my mind but i guess blankness is all she saw.I knew not what to think,what to say.Not after what she had told me.Was I mad,disappointed?A mixture of both or more?I did not know.I just wished the few past minutes had not happen.I was doing more harm to her.So i got a hold of myself,managed to look at her but nothing.No words left my mouth.I did not know where to start.I gave her a hug.Held her so tightly I almost chocked her and just held her.For a very long while and then tears.I also started crying.It stung too much for me to pull a Jack Bauer.The news affected me.It hurt me.
We pulled away from each other and after another century,I was able to speak.And kind words they were not.It's not that it was not coming,what,with the kind of life she was living?Hoping from one man to the other and not because she had to.She just decided she was too pretty to contract H.I.V.and no level was wisdom could get through to her.Who did not warn her?It hurt me because she is my friend and I love her,very much and I did not approve of what she was doing with her life but nothing could stop her.That's what we all concluded and well,it was her life and she had every right to decide how to live her life only i found it selfish because she did not stop to consider the people she hurt with her decision.You see,no man is an island and hence,we need to be a bit sensitive with those around us.Not to the extent of living their lives but just care enough to be considerate.And here she was,looking at me not for judgment but for compassion....to be cont...
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