Short Stories and Poems

Monster Tears

I remember the letter you gave me two years ago.

I remember reading it, crying, throwing it away and then reading it again.

It wasn't the kind of thing that was easy to take.

So I hardened my heart- to love, hope, trust, faith...and you.

A year later you tried to reach out to me and I couldn't.

Not after all the pain you put me through.

So I turned away from you and let you go-

knowing I could never forgive you for all that you did.

But then last month they told me you were sick.

They told me you were dying.

At first I cried and called you three times only to  hang up before the phone was even answered.

Then I somehow convinced myself that you were worthless and deserved to die.

That lasted for two minutes.

Then I cried again.

These were the monster tears.

These were the tears that never seemed to end and left you hopelessly breathless.

After that I sumed up the courage to visit you.

Then I had the best six weeks of my life.

But they were also my worst, for I woke up each morning wondering if you were still alive.

And then one day you weren't.

Remember those monster tears?

They were back in full force.

They ate at me and spat me out.

Then they begged for me to leave- to leave and move on.

So that's what I'm trying to do now.

That's why I'm here, at your grave, thinking about you-

All of you.

The perfect parts and the terrible parts...

Because I owe it to you to think of you right-

to think of you just as you were.

I know that's what you would have wanted...and I know it's what I need to do in order to move on.

When a person dies, some people like to pretend that they were perfect human beings-

like they never made mistakes or once broke a girl's heart.

But I chose to remember you.

Not a fragment of you,

not a picture of you,

not the good parts of you...

but all of you.

The monster tears are back- not because I'm sad really, but because I hate moving on.

There you go!

hope you guys liked it,

inspiration just suddenly hit me and so I just wrote *shrugs* it was weird.

but umm, this was really interessting to write and I really like this character...

I feel like I might write about her again,

in maybe another short story,

except I won't tell you guys that's her, you'll just have to figure it out XD

so yeah, that is all, bye :)