everything that happens to you is everyone else's fault but yours. Have you ever asked yourself why you're so miserable? I don't mean sad because your parents argue or because your best friend is dead. I mean, why is it that you don't want to connect with anyone anymore? Not even me!~
"Because it's not worth it."
~What's not worth it?~
"This whole thing—this life. When Stanley was around, I'd get up in the morning and see so many colors. It was as if I had my own flock of unicorns. I'd have to laugh because the intensity of colors was so great, it would tickle my eyes. And then Stanley was gone. And just like that, all the unicorns ran away, except one. It turned to look at me and, for a moment, I thought I saw Stanley's reflection in its eye. But it was just a tear—one huge, sparkling tear. The teardrop freed itself and slowly ran down the unicorn's cheek. It began to change color. The see-through, colorless teardrop darkened; and before it dropped to the floor, it was dark gray. It fell with a thud, and soon one teardrop turned into a million unicorn tears that flooded my room, my heart and my mind. I'd never been lonelier in my entire life. From then on, all I could see when I got up was gray. There was so much gray, I thought every day I'd rather stay in bed. I struggled to get up and pretend my life was normal as usual."
FOUR
Teenage Revenge @TeenageRevenge
an angry unicorn threw sparkles at me − they cut my eyes like a serrated knife − from that day on all I could see was gray
~Why don't you like hashtags? Look at all these followers you’ve got. Over two hundred people stumbled over my hashtags. Don't you think that's awesome?~
"It's awesome."
~Thanks for the overdose of enthusiasm. Is that really all there is? The gray?~
"Pretty much."
~If that's the case, I’ve got some words I want to use here. How do you like this tweet?~
Teenage Revenge @TeenageRevenge
an angry unicorn threw sparkles at me − they cut my eyes like a serrated knife − from that day on all I could see was gray #depression #loss #loneliness #unicorn
"Unicorn? Why did you put a unicorn in there?"
~You're right. I should have tweeted BadUnicorn.~
"What?"
~You tweeted that it scratched your eyes, didn't you?~
"You know I didn't mean it like that."
~Then what exactly did you mean? Why don't you come out and say it for what it is?~
"What is this? Some kind of a psychobabble? What do you want me to say?"
~What did the unicorn do to you?~
"Go stuff yourself."
~What did the unicorn do to you?!~
"What difference does it make?"
~You wimpy little shit! Blaming your gray world on a poor unicorn! Look at me! There's nothing wrong with your vision! Look at me and tell me what color I am!~
"Crazy! You're crazy color! Leave me alone!"
~Not before you tell me what color crazy is.~
"It's the ugliest orange you can imagine. It's like a rotten orange. It has that musty, moldy, citrusy smell. It tastes so bad, your jawbone goes stiff and your mouth is sour even if you don't eat it."
~So, I'm a rotten citrus fruit, hm?~
"Ha, ha, ha...."
~Very funny. Thanks a lot, pal. After all I've done for you, I'm nothing but a rotten, moldy orange. That's great.~
"Sorry."
~No, you're not. I don't care, though. I still want to know why you're blaming the unicorn. That poor horse with a horn on its head would never cut your eyes so bad they'd turn colorblind. So what is it exactly that makes you see everything gray? There's nothing wrong with your eyes. I know that. Tell me, please. You owe it to yourself.~
"Stop bugging me. Yes, I'm lonely and it's depressing. Okay? Are you happy now?"
~I'm happy for the unicorn. That poor horse didn't deserve such a bad rap.~
"I'm tired. I don't wanna talk anymore."
~Go to bed. You're no fun. We'll continue tomorrow.~
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Teenage Revenge @TeenageRevenge
an angry unicorn threw sparkles at me − they cut my eyes like a serrated knife − from that day on all I could see was gray