Feb 2018
love
aghast
at its own
separation
curds from
whey
drifting
up into
unshapely
neglected
kernels
drifting up to
a wide distance
in their broth
of once-
togetherness
weeping
energy
like a
milky
wound
expectations
of gushing
romance
seep out
and down
sunk to the
bottom
to never
feel
alone
to never
feel
lost
to never
feel
grown
or
responsible
for it all
sunk right down
to the
bottom
buoyancy
independent
rising up
I take care
of my
self
alone
purposeless
drifter
bulbous
love nugget
© 2017 Adelaide Heathfield
aghast
at its own
separation
curds from
whey
drifting
up into
unshapely
neglected
kernels
drifting up to
a wide distance
in their broth
of once-
togetherness
weeping
energy
like a
milky
wound
expectations
of gushing
romance
seep out
and down
sunk to the
bottom
to never
feel
alone
to never
feel
lost
to never
feel
grown
or
responsible
for it all
sunk right down
to the
bottom
buoyancy
independent
rising up
I take care
of my
self
alone
purposeless
drifter
bulbous
love nugget
© 2017 Adelaide Heathfield
Real life love is not like fairy tale love. It does not absolve a person of their responsibilities, their cares, their troubles. It doesn't make it so that nothing bad ever happens. And it isn't often romantic.
Giddy-eyed passion inseparable is replaced by an ever-deepening friendship of two independent people. Love solves no problems. It only makes life richer and more complicated.
Giddy-eyed passion inseparable is replaced by an ever-deepening friendship of two independent people. Love solves no problems. It only makes life richer and more complicated.
