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Preshylexy
Student @ University of Abuja
Student @ University of Abuja
The villain in someone else's story 🖤
<p>Somewhere in somebody's story,</p><p><br/></p><p>I am the villain😂</p><p><br/></p><p>I wonder what my character description says.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps I'm proud.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps I'm rude.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps I've changed.</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps I've become the kind of person</p><p><br/></p><p>they never thought I'd be.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Funny, because in my own story,</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm just a girl trying to figure things out.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I said no, and suddenly I was selfish.</p><p><br/></p><p>I stopped explaining myself, and suddenly I was proud.</p><p><br/></p><p>I chose my peace, and suddenly I was difficult.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Apparently, the moment you stop being convenient,you become a problem.</p><p><br/></p><p>Interesting.</p><p><br/></p><p>But then again,</p><p><br/></p><p>I have my own version of other people, too.</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone I once admired</p><p><br/></p><p>might be the villain in my story.</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone I once loved</p><p><br/></p><p>might be the person I no longer understand.</p><p><br/></p><p>And perhaps, somewhere in their version,</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm the one who disappointed them.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who knows?</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe the person I think is terrible</p><p><br/></p><p>is simply someone who got tired of being misunderstood.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe the person who thinks I'm terrible</p><p><br/></p><p>has only met a version of me</p><p><br/></p><p>that no longer exists.</p><p><br/></p><p>Or maybe we really did hurt each other.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because not every misunderstanding</p><p><br/></p><p>has an innocent person hiding behind it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, people are wrong.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes, we're wrong.</p><p><br/></p><p>And sometimes, two people walk away</p><p><br/></p><p>from the same situation</p><p><br/></p><p>with completely different stories.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>So I've been thinking...</p><p><br/></p><p>What if we're all walking around</p><p><br/></p><p>as the heroes of our own stories,</p><p><br/></p><p>convinced that our version is the truth?</p><p><br/></p><p>What if the person you're busy explaining yourself to</p><p><br/></p><p>has already written your ending?</p><p><br/></p><p>And what if, no matter how carefully you live,</p><p><br/></p><p>somebody will still misunderstand you?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Well...</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I suppose I cannot control</p><p><br/></p><p>how people tell my story.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I can only be responsible</p><p><br/></p><p>for the one I actually live.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>And if I'm the villain in somebody else's story,</p><p><br/></p><p>I hope at least they give my character</p><p><br/></p><p>some interesting dialogue. 😂</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Because if you're going to misinterpret me,</p><p><br/></p><p>please, at least make the plot worth reading.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>After all, I'm the main character in my own life.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>And so are you.</p>
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