i like to think of people as places
I like to think of people as places.
I was just thinking about how when we spend a lot of time at a place, we know how to move around it by heart. I still know my way through my old school, my childhood house, through my childhood friendâs house that I havenât seen in years, and through the store I used to go to when I was a kid. And even if I tried, I donât think I could ever forget. Even if I never step foot in any of these places again, Iâd know where to go, and how to move around it and find the things I want.
And isnât it like that with people, too? I donât think anyone changes so much that you wouldnât be able to move inside of them like you used to. I think the essential parts never do. So I wonder, if I could take all the people from my past, and turn them into places, would I know where to go?
Iâd like to think yes. Iâd like to think that that is one of the things that stays with you, once people are gone, like a map. Are the things that once decorated the walls inside of your body untouched? Have they been replaced, moved, or are they still the same? The same things that made me love you? Will you let me roam around you, and see if I find my way back to your heart? Or will you leave me wondering for the rest of my life, hoping that I'm never lost?
