Prestigious Agony

Probably the first article I’ve struggled to write.

Let me pause and apologize for the long pause. Lol. It’s been at least one year since, and I’ve had all the “release an article” calls so here’s to make up for all the starvation.

I’ve come to understand something really important in the last two years.

Real life sucks*

Not too much. But it does. It’s sad.

Real life is the one where you attend a funeral and lose your life on your way back.

Real life is the one where you’re hurting but you’re smiling.

Real life is the one where nobody thinks about you but you care about what everybody thinks.

Real life is the one where you have so many responsibilities tied to your neck and you’re clearly overburdened but you can’t take pauses, you must forge on.

Real life is nothing that I thought it would be.

Real life is what I call, “prestigious agony”.

Where you’re in pain but you have to pretend.
You’re hallucinating but you have to act sane.
You’re totally on your own and that’s absolutely scary.

Prestigious agony is the one where you’re starving but you’re posting pictures of good meals you’re eating.

Prestigious agony is the one where your life is falling apart but you’re greeting everyone else with smiles.

Prestigious agony is the one where your pillow is wet but you’re out there partying.

Real life is a prestigious agony.

Prestigious agony is the one where we all smile into the grave but our corpses are crying.

Prestigious agony is a life of pain and pretending.

Real life is a prestigious agony.

Prestigious agony is the life where we’ve created so many alter egos of ourselves to make excuses for the days we pretend and the pain we shirk.

And real life is a prestigious agony.

But if we could reorder society. If we could accept pain as part of life’s processes, if vulnerability wouldn’t be misconstrued for dramatic and attention seeking, maybe, most likely, real life will not have to be a prestigious agony.

If we could be there for one another, if we would care more, if we would love more, just maybe, real life will not have to be a prestigious agony.

I’m Gifty Aku Hlordjie, and I can assure you that your 🌞 Sun Shall Soon Shine 🌞
And, we don’t HAVE TO live a prestigious agony.

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