Tuesday, September 27, 2011

♠ Smiting of A Hero

Once upon a time, there was this young man who's pleasant looking and mighty nice to old folks and a good samaritan during the day. At night, he's a hero in disguise, saving the world one brick stone at a time, one fire rescue away.

Since he was so busy rescuing the world, he doesnt have time meeting any women. So his mum find him a nice girl and they got married and lived happily ever after.

Or do they?

After work, the young man went home to a nagging wife who nagged him to find a better job, better pay, get better house, better car, better wardrobe.

Nothing was ever good enough for her; whenever anybody said anything bout how nice the young man was, all she ever did was hrmph and discard off the compliments coz in her eyes; he was never good enough.

So every moment they lived together, she'd pick at him; he shouldnt do this, he should do that, he need to stand up for himself, he must get that job promotion..it's endless.

So, the young man who worked as a hero at night stopped his night job and tried to live up to his wife's expectations. Except that he's trying on a hat too big for his head and he realised, no matter what he did, he'll never be good enough for her.

So, he slowly lash out at the people around him; from a sweet young man, he turned into a bitter old man who blamed other people and pick up fights whenever he felt threatened coz his wall of self-esteem had been dissolved and weakened by the words his wife fed him.

How does one break a hero? One word at a time.
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