Recovering From A Break-Up

Shortly after my first girlfriend had ended our relationship after 9 months together, I found myself completely alone. I had essentially given up my friends, who at the time had started to go their separate ways as well, to be with her. This left me completely alone and hurt, considering she left me for a mutual friend.

At the time, I didn’t really listen to any music. Looking back on it, I’m not even sure how that is possible. Regardless, a friend at work gave me a few cds and with all my new found free time, I gave them a listen. Out of all the songs, Blister stood out the most. I instantly related to the concept of a girl letting you down and was fascinated by the thought of leaving and not coming back. With my ex-girlfriend dating a friend of mine right in front of my face, I decided to hang out in my home town of North Reading as little as possible and spend almost all my free time in Wilmington, the town over.

I knew one or two people at Wilmington High, and would head over after school to meet up with them. As my school got out earlier than theirs, I found myself sitting in the park across the street, listening to this song over and over, on my bright blue see through cd player, until the school bell rang. It was nice to escape to a new school with new friends at the end of each day without having to look back.

“Take advantage of these times, you said. You let me down. It hasn’t been the first time. As I’ve fallen in this pit of fire my mind’s made up. I’m never coming back here.”