PROSE Tell us about something that is meaningful to you and why. Within every friend group, there is a schadenfreude. When a friend suffers, they pretend to emphasize, but secretly, they feel pleasure. When a friend is joyful, they pretend to be happy for the friend, but in reality, their heart becomes full of jealousy. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, it’s because you are the schadenfreude.
For too long people have suppressed their schadenfreude sides. Therefore, it is very important to me to speak up for schadenfreude and tell them that it is okay to embrace their unique identity. Through my nonprofit, I encourage people to harness their schadenfreude sides for change!
sever your ties
NEVER AGAIN by rj hob You were the person I went to for everything Closer than I ever was with anyone else I was vulnerable with you Oh how time has passed How much we’ve changed… . . . . . . .
Summer comes, a year after you left And I’m nowhere but miserable, yearning for revenge So I hatch a plan, to learn what you’ve learned To show off my skills, that I’m better than you .
And we were both lost and were there for each other And during that time, I’ll be honest in saying I’d never felt better But when you left, everything changed
See, it’s an attempt at making you hurt You left and were fine While I stayed the same… I STAYED THE SAME. You rose to ground level, while I stayed below…
First I sobbed Then I died Re-emerged as a person of hate The sadness that I had before was now directed at you
I hate the fact that you moved on without the blink of an eye. I hate it so much; I hate that you’re normal! I hate how it’s just me again, back to where I started, when I thought you’d understand what it’s like.
And every passing day, it was just me again, missing what I once had Alone In that drowning void that is Myself
But I’m willing to bet after you healed, you forgot. See, that’s the worst part of it all. After you heal from the pain, you forget how you felt when you had it.
23|The penchant||DEC 2020
So you chose to
with me, ‘cuz I was what? A person who was lost too? So you chose to sever your ties with me, ‘cuz I was what? A person who was lost too? Well, you weren’t lost anymore. And as I reminded you of the time when you had that pain, you decided to say goodbye, and told me the same nonsense that people told you when you were lost: “It’ll be ok, you just gotta love yourself. You might not think it now, but it’ll get better…” I know why you left, I know it makes sense, but… I HATE you more than life, I HATE you more than myself, I hope that you’re happy, and then life screws you up; I hope you fall back down and remember how it FELT! I hope with all my soul and every shred that you cry, cry like I did, so much that it STINGS! See you healed and got what you wanted, became normal again And I, who was I to you? Oh yea, the annoying kid from the past!
