This boy is stuck.

Stuck in the past.

He has no way of getting out.

His mind is overflowing with negative thoughts.

He lives in the past,

where everything was better for him.

He can’t move forward,

Only backwards.

He wishes for better days,

But spends those days in silence and sadness.

Dreaming days of old, wishing to relive it all.

“Let go, Tyrese.”

-Why?

-I want to be happier.

-The past made me happier.

-the present makes me sad.

-I hate the present.

-It hurts to be here.

“I know, but it gets better.”

-Why..

-Why..Do you all say that?!

-It doesn’t… it never does.

“But it does, Tyrese.”

“You dose yourself in past memories.”

“Allowing your sadness to overwhelm your mind.”

-I do it because I can’t be happy anymore!

-I lost my mom, my grandmother, and my cat!

-You wouldn’t understand!.. you would..not.

“I may not, but you must remember one thing.”

-Oh yeah? And what’s that?..

“They gave their future to you. Sacrificed themselves for you.”

“Do not throw that away because they are gone.”

-…

-…

-…I’m scared of confrontation.

-…I’m scared of reasoning.

-…I’m scared of..dying.

-…But I want to be free

-But I’ll only let them down…

“Continue loving those around you.”

“Continue living this life, no matter how hard it is, Tyrese.”

“…Because you only get one chance.”

-*Nods*..I’ll try.