When People Ask

When people ask me, why I wanted to be an exchange student,
I said, I wanna travel the world.

When people ask me why I wanted to be an exchange student,
I said, I wanna make people understand Islam better

When people ask me why I came to the US,
I said, I wanna tell them that Moslems are not terrorists.

When people ask my why I wanted to be an exchange student,
I said, I wanted to have a lot of experience

When people ask me why I wanted to be an exchange student,
I said, I want to be independent and see the world by myself

When people ask me why I wanted to be one,
I said, I want to study

But to be honest, when people ask me why I wanted to be an ambassador of my own country as an exchange student,
I guess, I just want to have a story.

A story that one day, if my friends, parents, and children, want me to tell them, I will never get bored of it. Neither do they.
Yes. That never-ending story.

Have ever had a best friend?
A best friend because he/she understands you?
A quick best friend because you share the same experience?


but at the same time,
your best friend is so full of his/herself
that best friend talks a lot
talks about themselves
like everyone's paying attention
like everyone cares

but actuallly,
her story is so boring
no one cares
no one pays attention

do you have that kind of best friend?
because I do
and that's annoying

Let me tell you one thing, sometimes, when you worked really hard to achieve something and somebody just take it away, that suck