Chapter Fourteen: I am Artemis

I am Artemis.

It's not me vs them. It's just me, and they are all part of my experience. You are a part of my experience. You, and me, and them, we're in this experience together. No matter where this experience leads me, it's going to hurt. It's going to be happy. It's going to be sad. You're going to hate me, you're going to say things to hurt me. You'll understand me, you'll think you can understand me, and I will try to understand you, while I can never fully understand you. I'll continue on, without you ever knowing that I care more deeply and madly then you could ever comprehend. My heart will burn with love for you, no matter how much you kick and scream at me when I'm gone. I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy, while doing whatever it takes to make me happy. I will hurt as you hurt me, but I will love you through it all.

That I promise.

I will never stop loving you, no matter how badly you try to hurt me, or how badly I hurt you. I will never stop loving you, I will love you forever. I cannot be who you want me to be, I can never be who they want me to be. I can never conform. I have to go my own way, always, always. I will be gone before you can comprehend it, and for this I cannot apologize, I can only love you. I will regret leaving, but I will be happier then ever since I left. I am determined, determined to do what I do not know. But I will do it, and I will love you each and everyday through it all, that promise I will keep for eternity. I will love you because I am love, and you are love, and they are love. Hurt is love, pain is love, fear is love. It is all simply love.

I am Artemis, and will forever be Artemis.