rights
when you choose to give your heart to someone, to be an important part of someone’s life, there are unwritten rules that automatically guide the relationship.
they’re not stated, but implicitly demonstrated. suddenly, you have additional rights and obligations that were otherwise not present.
then you realize that opposed to the other obligations that you have, you actually enjoy and look forward to fulfilling these obligations. on the other hand, you begin to question the rights that you earned. what are its limitations? up to what extent can you exercise them? are your rights mutually agreed upon? can these rights be claimed anytime you want to?
when your partner chooses to love you and commit himself to you, do you automatically earn the right to be one of his utmost–if not the utmost–priorities?
do you deserve to get jealous of other people?
do you have the right to become visible to the other significant people in his life? and let them know that you, too, are now as equally important to him as they are?
when he decides to give his heart to you, can you ask him if you can have it whole and open and unscathed?
can you ask him to get rid of the ghosts of his past so you can peacefully live the present with him? is it your right to do this? as it is your obligation to take care of his heart, do you also have the right to have your heart taken care of by him?
when he says i love you, do you automatically earn the right to feel special? and expect him to make you feel special as you do him? do you get to still be loved by him in all your morning or weepy splendor, or when the everybody else just wants to push you off the cliff?
what are your rights? do you even know what they are? do they even exist? or are they just a fragment of your imagination? or of your idealism?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:12 am
RIGHTS??? - once you say i love you to a person, you automatically give him the right to hurt you… ardyey, I’m just a message away… lalo na sa mga little stuffs na kailangan mo ng weird inputs.