Do you look around and
pick an attractive stranger and ask
would this individual
make a good spouse?
Are they someone I can depend
on when the going get's tough,
when the world starts
to tilt on it's axis; when
things fall apart,
and everything
I ever owned
is shattered
in tiny
unrecognizable
pieces?
What about the ***
Can this person
keep up with
my desires, or
will the judge me
by my
turn ons?
Do you take a survey
that outlines this perfect
lover; and do their
beliefs and ideas
align with yours?
Such a beautiful
and tidy future
so easily predicted.
When you're young
it's easy to make a few
mistakes here and there;
it's only when you get older
that you start to
cherry pick.
Don't want to waste anymore time;
Don't want to feel like such
a fool.
No one taught you to
believe in forever, but
somehow that idea
burrowed it's way
into your heart
and set the whole thing ablaze;
Now it's a cinder
of what it used to be
when you were a child.
Twenty or so tabs
of online dating websites
and surveys are open;
Potential partners
profiles preferred;
and plan B's
starred and bookmarked,
cause you never know.
That special someone
is out there.
It's attempt,
after attempt,
until you get it right.
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 at 12:15 AM UTC
Do you look around and
pick an attractive stranger and ask
would this individual
make a good spouse?
Are they someone I can depend
on when the going get's tough,
when the world starts
to tilt on it's axis; when
things fall apart,
and everything
I ever owned
is shattered
in tiny
unrecognizable
pieces?
What about the ***
Can this person
keep up with
my desires, or
will the judge me
by my
turn ons?
Do you take a survey
that outlines this perfect
lover; and do their
beliefs and ideas
align with yours?
Such a beautiful
and tidy future
so easily predicted.
When you're young
it's easy to make a few
mistakes here and there;
it's only when you get older
that you start to
cherry pick.
Don't want to waste anymore time;
Don't want to feel like such
a fool.
No one taught you to
believe in forever, but
somehow that idea
burrowed it's way
into your heart
and set the whole thing ablaze;
Now it's a cinder
of what it used to be
when you were a child.
Twenty or so tabs
of online dating websites
and surveys are open;
Potential partners
profiles preferred;
and plan B's
starred and bookmarked,
cause you never know.
That special someone
is out there.
It's attempt,
after attempt,
until you get it right.
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