July 20, 2012

• The one time I cried

  I'm not the type to usually cry when I watch a sad movie or something. I've teared up before, maybe a stray tear or two has left my eyes, but I've never bawled my eyes out over a movie. 

  Except once.

  It was like the perfect storm. I just came home from a really tiring week of school. It was finally Friday, and I remember just knocking out when I lay down on my bed. When I woke up, it was already past midnight, but I couldn't get back to sleep. I was still sleepy, but I couldn't close my eyes.

  One of those kind of nights, ya'know?

  I started watching, funnily enough, a movie called Sad Movie to try to get me to sleep. I borrowed it from my best friend at the time, Andre, and he said it was a real tear jerker.

  And so I watched it. One hour and twenty minutes later the credits rolled, and I was bawling my eyes out. I was whimpering like a little baby, snot was getting everywhere, and my glasses were filled with tears. 

  When people cry, I don't like it. It makes me feel uncomfortable. When a person really cries, they are so vulnerable. Everything is stripped away, and the only things that are left are water and emotion. Snot too. 

  Still, in that moment of weakness, when everything was stripped away, I felt good. Refreshed. Through the tiredness and sleepiness, the tears felt rejuvenating. 

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