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“It’s not weak. My mom once told me that being alone makes you feel weaker every day, even if you’re not,” he said quietly. “But it’s not as bad if you’re with other people who are alone, too. We can hold each other up like a card tower.”
“Sometimes … you have to stop trying and just let someone else try their best. In order to survive.”
“It always has been. In this world and the next. They could take everything away and leave us with nothing, and I would still love you.”
This is not uncommon. Many young people, perhaps like you, find themselves being forced to carry something they never imagined would be so heavy, with no one around to support them. It must be said that they are rarely ever at fault for the multitude of ways they choose to bear that load. Even if they are destructive. They are not “failing”; someone has failed them.
