and uneloquent

The journal she promised herself she'd keep. For sleepless nights and long rides.

(32)

It rains often these days. The politics are more or less the same. Strange but the country looks less likely to disintegrate now than when I was away. People are more resilient up close than from hearsay: perhaps that is obvious, and thus make apparent my loss of touch with my own country. She looks so sad every time it rains.

I now am not sure if people always disappoint because people are just people or because I always have high expectations.

I promised to not be pathetic. I promised to not be sad. I promised to not put up with crap. If I can’t keep the promises I make with myself, how do I keep those with others?