To My High School Friends

Thank you so much for everything you've been to me all through high school.

Thank you for staying away when I needed a hug, thank you for your silence when I needed kind word, thank you for being aloof when my soul ached and cried out for closeness.

You all have taught me so much.

You taught me how not to trust, how not to love.

You taught me to be cynical, sarcastic and suspicious of everyone's motives, including my own.

You enlightened me to the fact that it's never a good idea to do something nice for a friend without making them beg.

Thank you for killing my hope and belief in love and friendship, for tying off my nerves and letting them die once by one until I reached that ideal state of nonfeeling.

Thank you for reminding me that my life is 100% worthless.

You saved me all that time and energy I might otherwise have wasted searching for a reason to live.

It's been one hell of a four years.

I don't know what I would have done without you.

I'm going to miss you all so much next year.

Love,
Sara.

-From "A Girl's Guide To Taking Over The World"