My Thoughts on Paper

Vulnerability

When I was little, I used to believe that those who pass on turn into stars. I remember that whenever I heard of a death, I would go outside that night to see if I could see the new star. I would normally just find a star and claim it as that person's star and I believed that they were watching me. I believed that they became stars so that they could watch us as we slept, the time I considered us to be most vulnerable.

Now I know that the most vulnerable point in your life is when you are down. People can sense it and, being the cruel human race that we are, use it to their advantage. Sometimes it's to make them feel better, sometimes it's just to be mean. Sometimes they don't even realize they're doing it. I just know that it hurts so much when they do.

When people play with my emotions, that's when I am at my most vulnerable.