Was it the gradual fading of the gleam in the eyes of our parents, friends, and loved ones whenever we dreamt loudly around them?

When we're born, we arrive on our own, kicking and curling our little hands, making a fuss and screaming our brand-new lungs dry.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to celebrate those who have found love!

Scattered applause.

Okay, (clears throat) maybe not.

When I first heard Capital Cities' "Safe and Sound," I was sitting in the corner room of a high school dormitory that had not been used since the post-independence era - and I was holding a conversation that would completely alter my frame of mind 10 years later. 

At the end of an abandoned and lonely path, the traveller trudged forward. He had nothing to show for his years of wander but the wisdom gained along the way.

While those of us that root for you bite our nails to the skin, others cover their eyes with scarves, hoping they’ll be spared the horrors.

I have just shared my genuine opinion on social media - always a reckless thing to do - and gotten ravaged by the mob that camps in the downtown alleys of the socio-verse.

It doesn’t take a lorry of evidence for us to deduce, that something went horribly wrong. Your pursuit of happiness took you into turns you had not calculated for.

Well, I have some ideas as to what happened.

“Am I truly empathetic?”

No. Maybe you are not. But fear not. I have tried to assess what could be the reason your friend group, partner, and colleagues, do not express their feelings to you or consider you an empath.

He says peering through the spaces of his office blinds, and you worry how often he’s done that whilst staring - or thinking of you.

You’ve been possessed by something, and it has become your master. No priest can exorcise it, as it’s not spiritual evil, but an invisible supernatural entity that bears no frightening face nor form.

So I write for you dear reader, as much as I do for myself. Perhaps, even more, the latter.

While the answer to this question (Do I mean much to anyone) is in practice extremely difficult to offer, there could be a way to simply rephrase it to;

“Do I mean much to someone?”