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❝Are you doing well?❞
A very simple question,
but hard to answer.
Melancholia is a collection of haiku that echoes the sentiments of the young generation today, who have silently fought hard lately in order to surviv...
I am so sorry for reaching the end so soon, leaving you alone.
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I FAILED MANY times more than anyone can imagine before, only to wonder in this lifetime, ❝Is life a marathon?❞
I work hard to be where I am right now. It doesn't matter if I am already successful in life or still in the process of proving to people that I will be successful one day. However, I know too well that life is hard, and there is no shortcut to climbing the highest mountains. I have to be patient in order to reach the top, just like what people want me to do in life.
Again, life is not a marathon.
But if I am behind others, people will consider me worthless and definitely not worth their time.
But if I am running ahead of others, I will be surprised by the amount of praise I receive most of the time.
Let me ask again, "Do you see the difference here?" Because even if life is not a marathon, people will always see life as it is. I am either the loser or the winner in this lifetime; the result is up to me.
However, I am so innocent and blessed with the purest heart in this cruel world. No matter how strong and independent I portray myself to others, I sometimes desire to end everything in one go. What do people expect from me? I am not a robot. I am human, after all; who knows too well that the endpoint of this story is so near yet so far, and I just fall down on my knees as a sign of surrender.
Once again, life is not a marathon—yet I reach the end so soon.
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