Sunday, 20 April 2008

Single

Without a partner,
Without a shoulder to cry on,
Only the cold shoulder,
The hard shoulder,
Convinced that you’re boring,
You’re ugly,
A sad case,
Forgotten how it feels to hold someone,
Forgotten how it feels to be in love,
It’s worse if you never have,
You feel vulnerable,
Insecure,
Kidding yourself that you don’t need to be in a relationship,
That you’re better off alone,
Raging envy,
Hate their happiness,
Ridicule it,
Can’t remember how to impress,
Rusty chat,
Irreparable charm,
They belong to another species,
Untouchable,
Forget your successes,
Dwell on your failures,
The rejections,
Wallow in the pain of unrequited love,
Make it your reason not to bother,
So bitter,
So foolish,
Drown yourself in booze,
Numb yourself with drugs,
Listen to your involved friends complain about their relationships,
But they’re not going to tell you how wonderful love is,
They’re going to bring up frictions and go on about how hard done by they are,
They say they envy your freedom,
But you envy them more than they will ever know,
You have no one to spend your money on,
They are victors in a game you are too scared and hurt to play,
But they are no better than you my friend,
They were just in the right place at the right time,
As you will be,
Love neglects no one.

3 comments:

Metalatarms said...

i cant describe in any words what the above means to me i was crying quite abit when i read this wherever you get your inspiration please don't lose it

Anonymous said...

good poem , i came across it on bukowski's facebook. Love is a dog from hell!

english-spanish translator said...

Cried a lot while reading this, I saw my feelings reflected in a sheet of paper, I encourage you to go on....My Mom passed away a year ago and she was a writer and poet, I think I'm going in my way too.....but in Spanish.

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