I spoke with a mate of mine
We've been mates since nine
I asked him about his love life
Whether he's found a wife.

He says 'I don't plan to marry,
Too many burdens to carry '
I asked 'so what's your plan?'
He replied 'just do what I can -

'I'll take care of my birthgivers
Till they can't feel any shivers
In other words, simply gone,
Then I'll eventually move on'

I couldn't fathom how easily
He spoke about death of family
It felt really personally strange
I wondered if he was deranged

He then said 'everyone dies -
And we all must say goodbyes
So why pretend it won't be
When that's all some people see'.

He continues 'marriage isn't a must
It takes years of bonding and trust
Marriage is something people sell
To those who think alone is hell -

You don't have to be with someone
Just to consider doing something fun
So stop buying into lies society sold
Because sometimes even love gets old'.

I am choosing to stay single until
The day someone makes my world still
And I fully know that she's the one
Who gives me a feeling that I've won.

Should I never find this lovely lady
I can live alone till I'm eighty
Because I'll be able to walk a mile
All alone while carrying a smile.

Stop chasing love and it'll find you
It'll blind you and bind you
To someone who makes you feel
That the sky is not blue but teal.

If the last year has taught me anything
Its that love is all about correct timing
That love is a beautiful emotion
Comparable to the grandest ocean.
Love is more than just timing though
It's not a tale to tell but a way to show
That there are empty 'I love yous'
Which only ever come into view
When things start turning more sour
Slowly and surely, hour by hour.

If the last year has taught me anything
It's that if it's with the right one
It takes more than just timing
To keep the feeling of love from being gone.

Thank you for teaching me this lesson.

Her beauty shone through her sullen eyes
Her exterior formed from a thousand lies
And with each passing day she transformed.
Her reflections became horrendous
Claws, slimy decayed skin and crooked teeth,
That resembled piano keys playing Fur Elise.
She hated herself more and more each day
spoke of hate-filled words to her own reflection
despite the world's attempt at showing affection.
She hated herself with a burning hate,
echoed tales of wicked witches and evil *******
She let her hate devour her soul.

Despite an army of friends and family
Telling her she leaked of pure beauty,
She saw nothing other than her own demons.
Despite a stream of people who were willing
to kiss her and turn her into the princess she
already was, she only saw herself;
a horrendous toad.

The lies she fed herself fattened her
depression,
The lies she fed herself fattened her
self-hatred,
The lies she fed herself fattened her
insecurities
And while she remains beautiful
The lies she fed herself,
Slowly devoured her.

We will never know what the future holds
But only by letting go of the past
Can we aim to slowly build a future
That we might like to see.

Goodbye to problems of the past
Hello to the pathway to the future

The worst way to lose somebody is to be, in his heart, ordinary; to be his luxury turned duty.

And the things he do, he does them to keep up with you, but not anymore to keep you.

This is when you'll know you've lost him. This is when it will hurt. But only until this you'll know you've loved deeply.

Your lips would blister with prayers for his return, but no poetry in the world could touch his soul and guide him back to your arms--

none unless the words are yours.*



P.S. *You'll only truly lose him when you start to think that maybe after all, you've never truly loved him. And that is also when you'll lose yourself-- to your own make-believe.