the other day
you asked me
what I thought about you
and I did not really
answer your question
we all have our idiosyncracies
they make us unique
and sometimes
a pain in the neck
being overpunctual
or always late
staging an appearance
or fading into the background
griping gruffily
or glossing things over
with sweet talk
verbalizing everything
or very little
sticking to long-made plans
or making your mind up
again
in the last minute
swingin wildly
or staying calm
pontificating on what is right
or listening quietly
to what others have to say
indicating your respect
for what they want to say
being a control freak
or leaving people enough leeway
to find their own approach
worrying permanently
about friends, children, parents, family, the world
or believing that they
can occasionally
do without us
there is a fine balance
difficult to maintain
and more often than not
we fall off on one side
or the other
from that narrow ridge
of mutual acceptance
grow irritated or disgusted
in wild moments
tell her or him that THIS IS IT
and s/he can leave
the earlier the better
and NEVER come back
when such tempestuous events
give way
to calmer contemplation
we remember
that time is short
life is precious
and love is what makes it bearable
and we reconsider
Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 4:56 PM UTC
the other day
you asked me
what I thought about you
and I did not really
answer your question
we all have our idiosyncracies
they make us unique
and sometimes
a pain in the neck
being overpunctual
or always late
staging an appearance
or fading into the background
griping gruffily
or glossing things over
with sweet talk
verbalizing everything
or very little
sticking to long-made plans
or making your mind up
again
in the last minute
swingin wildly
or staying calm
pontificating on what is right
or listening quietly
to what others have to say
indicating your respect
for what they want to say
being a control freak
or leaving people enough leeway
to find their own approach
worrying permanently
about friends, children, parents, family, the world
or believing that they
can occasionally
do without us
there is a fine balance
difficult to maintain
and more often than not
we fall off on one side
or the other
from that narrow ridge
of mutual acceptance
grow irritated or disgusted
in wild moments
tell her or him that THIS IS IT
and s/he can leave
the earlier the better
and NEVER come back
when such tempestuous events
give way
to calmer contemplation
we remember
that time is short
life is precious
and love is what makes it bearable
and we reconsider
