Did your mum ever warn you against plastering your bedroom wall with photographs?
She saw it coming didn't she, that you would one day decide to tear them down and when you do, and the little rectangular marks the tape leaves behind would always serve as an indication that the past cannot be scraped off
Did your mum ever warn you against slouching, did she gently nudge you in your side to stand upright with your shoulders rolled back instead?
Likewise, didn't she hammer in you this set of principles and prodded at you to always stand up for them
Did your mum ever warn you against smoking and too many McDonald's meal sets while counting on her fingers the various heart diseases they could bring?
Was that why she did all she could to shield you from heartbreaks and disappointments, she knew didn't she that the heart was just as susceptible to them as over processed meat and tobacco smoke
Did you listen.
(I haven't been writing for a while because my semester break (over the span of 3 months) has reduced my level of intelligence from 'barely coping with law school' to 'cashew nuts are good let's watch TV and have cashew nuts errrrrrrday hello there is that a slice of cake i see yum yum' and all that has to change now)
(Classes started today but I booked my flight ticket a little late)
I need to do better.
