The Sad Man

Once upon a time there was a man ,Living somewhere in this planet. His name was "the sad man" or this is how the people called him,and this man lived in a place and this place called "no where".

The sad man was always sad ,and no one know why not himself. He had lived like this with his sadness, with nobody to love him, alone in this world.

   Everyone  in "no where" was avoiding him, and even talk about him while he can hear. The sad man became more sad day by day, year by year more sad he became and lonely he become. 

   One day the sad man decided, He won't be a sad man any more or at least he will act like that, Every body become confused but no one noticed that he was acting, The sad man succeeded and became loved but it didn't make him happy like he thought, He became lonely and sad again.

   Year by year, sad and sad he became more miserable and lonely he felt nothing but pain, and nothing ever changed, the sad man became old, and sick, the sad man asked himself (why did he became so sad, and when?), and then he remembered he wasn't sad at the beginning, at least not always.

   A memory came to his mind, his empty mind, a memory of a child, a happy one, it was himself that he remembered, a memory of his childhood, he was happy in it playing in a garden full of flowers, and shining sun but warm with wonderful breeze and then he heard some talking about him, they were talking about how much they hate him, and how someone can be that fake? they were his friends, it hurted him so much but didn't broke him and then it was the beginning off all of this, every thing he didn't see in the past became clear now, every thing hurt him in the past broke him now until it smashed him.

  So the boy decided to change to became someone who he is not, to be perfect, even when he knows that perfection is impossible but he will beat the reality and win, even if it is fake, and then he became loved, but more fake he became he loses himself more and more, and painful it became until the pain is part of him and his personality, until he completely lost himself and became the sad man and hate himself.

   The sad man asked himself why did he have to change? why did he hate himself and lose it like that? and more than that for no reason *he laughed* and just then he noticed that if he accepted himself he will be happy, and he did and happy he became for the first time since to long without even noticing he is really happy this time, real happiness and last one.

   The sad man died but not as a sad man but happy one, even if he will die alone he didn't care because this fell of happiness was really good even if it is his last one.                                          

Author : Mariam Derar (Egypt)

Lable : Inflame Story