Transcendence

Right. So. Lot of old names and faces still following this old thing, huh?

I won’t ask for your reasons, nor am I going to hold it against the people who decided to just cut things off clean.

To anyone here from the old days, from all those years ago, who was hurt by me in any way, be it by my leaving, be it by my actions or inactions, or be it by me simply being the person I was back then:

I am sorry. And know that I mean that from the depths of my heart. It has never been, nor ever will be, my intention to bring harm to people who once meant the world to me.

I won’t lie and say I’m better now than I was then, because I’m not qualified to judge that. It’s easy to look back at myself and say ‘I’m not that person anymore’ but it’s not my place to judge whether that’s better or worse for the people around me, the people affected by it. So I leave that judgement to all of you.

Similarly, I won’t lie and say that I’m not going to cause hurt again. Frankly, I think it’s impossible to go through life without causing some level of hurt to the people who your life touches, intentionally or otherwise.

But know that I am sorry for any hurt I caused in the past, any hurts I’m causing now, and I swear that I will be sorry for any hurts I cause in the future.

Dylan isn’t the person I am anymore, and I can only hope that Axl is better to all of you than he ever was.