#relationshipadvice
Alluring dark-brown mysteries
Extolled her imperfections
Blue-gray serenity
Kept their time-bombs ticking
Fragile and dismantled upon arrival
His jaded glass dark as night
What presented simple
But came from IKEA
Manifested anxieties left to fester
The organ’s sound halts in whiplash
One-day shipping
An expensive return label
Ominous unresolvable mysteries
Words which passed once easy
Now traversing trapdoors
Her reflection looked suspiciously good
A pulse with the force of a hurricane.
“Would you like to be my power of attorney?”
A small crack in her mirror inched…
“It would mean ultimate control, dot dot dot”
Increasingly noticeable nearby foley
Warnings of imminent danger
And a stream of cunning blood running…
A lip line with a hook
In a padlock’s darkness
Denies her golden key
“All lights out.”
Sweat pours as her shadow contorts
Dimensions of her familiar safety, enclosed
And a whisper from the blind…
“For me.”
Golden Skies
Black Eyes
Burning Desire So Magnanimous —
It’s hard to breathe.
You could just choke…
Ingrained.
Articulated.
Manipulation.
Covertly watered and tended to after dusk
A Stockholm Syndrome Food-Chain
Insecurities…
No Security…
Overworks…
An Overworked Vessel…
Into Silence.
𝒞.𝒫.ℛ. ❁ 7.20.23
Jul 20, 2023
Jul 20, 2023 at 1:05 PM UTC
Just touched down from Darwin,
2 hour layover in Sydney & I’m starvin’,
met a girl at the airport,
and invited her to dinner,
they say there’s no such thing as a free lunch,
but I’ve got a credit card that let’s me dine,
at almost any restaurant in any country,
on any continent in any dateline,
so I often invite,
beautiful girls and other fellow travelers,
to dine with me as my guest for free,
where we share stories over appetizers,
more peace stories than war stories,
more love than hate,
because when you really get to know someone,
you find you differ in less ways than you relate,
anyways,
there we were,
both on rest stops till our next stop,
two world travelers,
I’d noticed an engagement ring,
more than a modest sized rock,
but I noticed the finger on which it sat,
made the look a bit odd,
see she wore the ring,
on her middle finger instead of her ring finger,
so it was more of a fck you instead of a love you,
I asked her if there was a reason for this position,
she said it was because,
it simply didn’t fit on her ring finger,
that it was a simple mix up that was it but,
I suspected there was a reason that was deeper,
so I questioned her intentions,
why was she with this man but still acting like a free woman,
why was she speaking of “exploding like a volcano!”,
when she sees a man and feels an attraction,
about how she had a fantasy,
of meeting a beautiful Australian man,
on a beach and he’d teach her to surf,
and she’d ride his surfboard from the wave to the sand,
this was when I decided to speak up,
to tell her I didn’t think this engagement would work out,
that maybe tying the knot with a man was already a dad,
was not the best idea for a woman with no kids that liked to go out,
that maybe I was in a way,
an Angel of Divine Intervention,
and how every moment of our lives,
had led us up to that instant,
I told her no man owned her,
that her body was hers alone to control,
that life is too short to compromise,
that there is no moment other than now,
I told her that that was the reason,
that I didn’t have a wife,
because there are many women I love,
and to love only one wouldn’t be right,
how can I tell one of my lovers,
that she’s better than all the rest,
how can I tell any of the others,
that they’re not as good as the one that I’m with,
I can’t,
because love is not confined into the body of one,
love is free to love and do what love does,
and with that we finished our tapas,
and finished our rendezvous with cappuccinos and hugs,
back into the world,
back into the embrace of another lover,
back into the future,
to make more memories with more women at more dinners…
∆ LaLux ∆
Sep 29, 2018
Sep 29, 2018 at 6:51 PM UTC
Yes, I may be single
I may not be talking
I may not like anyone
But in all honesty,
Girls and boys like me,
We give the best relationship advice
Why? You may ask,
Because it's what we wish we could've done in previous relationships
Dec 7, 2017
Dec 7, 2017 at 5:34 PM UTC
you may be difficult to love but that doesn't mean you're any less deserving of it
he can break your promises
you can't force change
each time you love, you love harder
each love you have will be different, incomparable (but you may try to)
you create your own limit on forgiveness
he will help you see your beauty, but that doesn't mean when he leaves it leaves with him
love alone isn't enough
distance will affect a relationship
you will be gullible when it comes to love
love should not make you weak, it should empower you
head vs. heart is a real thing
boys will trick you into thinking they are genuine. When you discover they aren't, don't blame yourself, leave
you can't force him to be anything more than what he is
people express love in different ways
time will pass, and you may still feel the same
keeping yourself busy will help, but not for long
one day you will wake up and it won't hurt anymore
he can love you, and still hurt you
you can love him, and still hurt him
not all relationships are meant to last
just because you haven't been alone doesn't mean you can't be
love should be selfless
love can make you angry, angrier than you ever thought was possible
sometimes it's easier to just forgive him, even though you know you shouldn't
you can love someone, and still break up with him/her
you can't control how you feel or who you fall for
sometimes staying will hurt you more than leaving
break ups will show you who's really there for you
you will try everything in you to believe his words even though deep down you know they aren't sincere
sometimes we want what we want even if we know it's going to **** us
he will feel hurt, and try to hurt you back
you cannot grow too dependent on him because he can leave
never settle for anything less than what you deserve
Your mind may trick abuse for love
Sometimes old love comes back; that's not always a bad thing
Time alone makes you realize who you need in your life
Some nights will be good, others will be bad
Always go with your gut feeling
You pictured your life once without him, you can do it again
Don't drag someone along when you have no intentions on keeping them
Love doesn't always make sense
Sometimes you are the problem
Be brave even when it's hard
Never settle in order to make others happy
You can always start over
Jan 18, 2017
Jan 18, 2017 at 1:03 AM UTC
"You don't have any respect for yourself, bouncing from guy to guy."
These words sting and stay with me every single day. To think that someone I once loved could say something like that to me. To think that someone I once loved actually thinks that of me. But more importantly, to think that the number of guys you've been with actually determines your self worth.
I could sit here and go on defending myself saying how m y number isn't even a high number but that's not the point. The point is that the number of guys you have dated or been with, however high that number may be, DOES NOT define your self worth.
I was in an emotionally abusive relationship for about a year and a half without knowing it. Throughout the relationship he had said and done some pretty awful things to me; things that if my dad knew about, he would probably go to his house the next day to beat the **** out of him. But this one stuck to me like glue. Why? because he had made me believe it. He tricked my mind into thinking I was some kind of worthless person who doesn't respect myself.
I ask myself why I believed it. Why would someone believe that they are a **** with no self respect? Why would anyone think that ever about themselves? I think I believed it simply because the person who said this was the boy I loved, the boy I confided in, the boy I at one point saw my future with, telling me I have no self worth. It hit me hard, so hard. Harder than any other terrible thing he has said to me.
No guy should ever make you feel worthless.
No guy should ever convince you that you are anything less than whole.
No guy should ever degrade you throughout your relationship.
No guy should ever make you feel scared to be around him when he is angry.
No guy should ever put his hands on you.
No guy should ever throw your mental disorder in your face.
No guy should ever feel as though it is okay to purposely hurt you because he feels hurt.
No guy should ever make you feel like you're on top of the world one day and under it the next.
He did all of this.
I can see this now. I can see this now and I have two people that I call my best friends to thank for helping me through this past year. They always supported my decision; knowing that I was a smart girl and simply wanted me to be careful with him. They helped make me realize that what I was involved in was NOT okay. They knew it way before I did but until I had my "click", realizing that this is not healthy or worthwhile, I was going to stay in that relationship.
Thank god for my click.
Dec 7, 2016
Dec 7, 2016 at 2:25 PM UTC