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Garrett Vanlandingham's avatar

thanks Mi Wi. that's what i was going for and i'm glad it came through.

Mi Wi (Mike Winston)'s avatar

oh man just in time for Halloween too. I see the beginnings of a psychological horror here. You really got me at the photo of him in the car... Majorly Creepy

Simone Streeter's avatar

And it was a rare and great example of 2nd person! I don't know how you come up with these. Now I'm worried this is really how this job is, and all the worries that come with that, e.g. is there hope for humanity....?

Garrett Vanlandingham's avatar

i think there's hope for us. and to almost any end. hope to any end. pick your poison. i mean remedy. but truly. a little willingness and a lotta work. maybe some self sacrifice. a paradigm shift. a revelation. hope fulfilled. what is hope fulfilled? the fulfillment of hope is a testament to? will? grit? persistence? but then if your hope fails you, did you fail yourself? that can't always be. I've failed myself countless times and i still keep hope. been unwilling, stubborn, pitiful, defeated. and i still kept my hope. I've been researching too much and i felt powerless today. almost... what? like there is no use. it was brief. what did i do? i focused on someone less fortunate than me. namely because I'm in a position to provide assistance. and that took over for a few hours. i kinda tweaked my arm in the process. and nothing was about me feeling better. there's no patting me self on the back here. it was just an immediate transfer of focus that resulted in me not feeling better but not dipping more than a toe or two into despair. pulling out before i black pilled myself into a spiraling narrative of doom.

that job huh. i was glad that guy had his girlfriend. she seemed to care for him and love him. i think he'll start opening up soon and seek help.

Chad Christensen's avatar

Very Edgar Allan Poe, dark, but profound.