Monday, 14 May 2018

Slip Sliding Away

Dear Father - it's been 5 months since my last confession.  Please forgive me, for I am not well. Again.

I've known for a few weeks that I've not felt right, but today my wife told me so, too.

Yesterday, I came very close to crying whilst queuing up to go on The London Eye.  Right now - at 10pm - I want to go out and walk. Not to anywhere - just to keep walking and walking until I can't walk anymore. 

I think - I think I don't know who I am sometimes. Who is he? WHAT is he? I don't know the answers to these questions.  Does it matter? Do I actually matter?  Maybe not.

It hurts like hell for me to type this now, but I fully understand the last thing that my dad ever said to me before he died. "I'm happy now, son. You're settled, [your sister] is settled, and that's all that matters to me. I'm happy".  Imagine being that content that you are in a position to say goodbye to your eldest child in that way.  Fuck me that's special.

I am so sad right now.

I don't know what to do.


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