Once, I met a man who I
deeply respected. He was a friend of my superior and I was able to see how a
good leader he was. I genuinely liked him even when I started to hear rumors
against him.
Who am I to judge someone when he'd done nothing but be nice to
me? When he smiled and laughed and joked and helped even when not asked?
Then I was given the chance to know him more. I was afraid of such
new environment but he helped me go through it. He tried to comfort me with
words of motivation--- and when I needed it most, he showed me he cared. I
would never forget the words whispered to my ear when I was crying in worry for
one of those people I love most. When the time came that we had to move on, I
was very sad and disappointed.
Something happened though. Some sick play of fate that made
everything go spiraling down. Something that made him do things to protect his
own. I could never fault him for that of course. I would also protect all of
those I care about--- those who seek for my guidance. But what I never expected
was the way he handled things. For all the trust I've given him... For all the
fierceness I've shown others while defending him... He fed me to the bulls.
Probably not directly... but using those people I learned to care about against
me. It just made the hurt more potent. I tried time and time again to give him
the benefit of doubt. I tried to remember all the good things I've seen in him.
Until the time that I realized how he tried to avoid my gaze as much as
possible. Until I stopped hearing his greetings whenever we see each other.
Until he started to distance his self from me. Until those who look up to him
started to treat me the same way.
Oh yes, I will definitely fight tooth and nail for those I love...
but I will never betray anyone's trust.
I think it's only fair to say that pain is one emotion I’ll never
get used to, no matter how many times I get to experience it. Especially from
the hands of the one I trusted not to give it to me.
I thought I would learn to shun and hate him for all the things
he'd done to me and the people I deeply care about-- then I thought, what a
person like him, who's extremely inte
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