I look for you in everyone.
Saturday, November 12, 2011 @ 6:23 AM

It's scary how much an individual human being can impact you.

They say when you spend time with someone for too long, you start to pick up their characteristics. Some even say you begin to look like them. Unconsciously, their favorite things become yours, your speech reflects theirs, and the same things that annoy them, start to annoy you. You've grown so mentally and physically attached that you are under their influence. As the days go by, you cannot pull yourself off and picture yourself independently. Whenever you would think of yourself, that person is there too, right next to you. Ironically, their flaws look like perfection to you. You love them because of such imperfections and what others may perceive them as become irrelevant.

What happens next is obvious, but unexpected for those who are experiencing it. The person whom you've held so close to your heart is no longer with you. The reasons for parting are infinite. You want, no, need them to come back to you to fill the space they've left behind. You haven't realized before how much their absence hurts and although it feels familiar, how you feel then is a whole new kind of pain. Putting aside your pride, you approach them for another chance. But it's become too late. They've given up. No hope is left.

By no choice, you face the world to begin anew. Yet all you find yourself doing is searching for someone just like the individual in your past. You look for them in everyone, knowing no one will be quite the same.