She lied. I've known it from the start. But simply because she lied doesn't mean we should all turn our back on her and walk away. It's so easy to leave, so easy.

But why do we lie? But to cover up our own fears, our own dissatisfaction. Yet all you do is sit here and criticize, telling me to abandon her just like you and everyone else.

I'm sorry but I refuse to follow in your footsteps. It's not like I don't see it. It's not like I wasn't hurt. But I have seen enough in the world to understand just how fragile humans can be. And how lonely they can feel.

I can't save people. Nor do I expect to. But to purposely isolate someone at their lowest? It is saddening to think about. We turn our backs so easily on people in the moments when they need us most. So much potential for change, so much opportunity for moral support, gone with a single deflection.

I might be wrong. Maybe in the end they will become that subjectively terrible person who comes to do subjectively terrible things. Maybe it is better to just cut them off now before they bring negative influence upon my life. Just maybe. But I can't bring myself to agree with it.

Perhaps I am naive. Perhaps I am foolish. But if that's what it means to believe in human potential then so be it. I am foolish. I am naive. And I want to be nothing less.