Haunting Thoughts
I feel so lonely at times. Even when I'm in the midst of a large group of people, there are times when I feel absolutely cut off and disconnected. People around me keep talking, laughing, joking, chatting, but I hear nothing except the voices in my head. And these voices are disillusioned, sad, pensive, questioning. These voices make me see uselessness in everything.
Then a conflict starts within me: between my optimism and my pessimism. More often than not, my pessimism takes hold of me. I become cranky and cynical and closed. I feel like keeping myself away from everything that can hurt me and harm me.
Then somewhere down the road, I come across Mr. Optimism and Miss Practicality (dunno why I'm using these genders). They shake me up and tell me to move on - to get out of the web of my thoughts and get back to the ( sick) reality.
So I do as they say. I smile and laugh and joke around and evade my own thoughts. But somewhere deep down I know my thoughts will come back... And they do...

