Singleton Turned Coupled-Up: I’m In A Relationship
I actually wrote this post five months ago. I feel more confident about bringing this out so here it is for your reading pleasure!
I’m in a relationship.
Navigating complex emotions of jealousy, ambition, insecurity, joy, fear, peace, anger, happiness, betrayal, contentment, disappointment, love.
I actually wrote this post five months ago. I feel more confident about bringing this out so here it is for your reading pleasure!
I’m in a relationship.
A famous couplet by W.H. Auden goes, “If equal affections cannot be, let the more loving be me.”
“Why do we trade in the attention of a hundred men for the indifference of one?”
A poem about the space in relationships.
You reached out your heart to me. What I found, tied me to you. What we are, is a kite.
My heart is a sieve. Shot with tiny holes.
Some conversations are traps, some are escapes.
A case of Emderatology: Close to midnight on Saturday, the coffee server on duty reported two dead people in the shop.
Someone recently asked me if I would do a tarot reading for them. I found a polite way to decline and recommended a friend who does this and related things for a living. Then they asked if this person was any good, whether it would work. And I had trouble…
I run with my wordsRacing my thoughtsGetting ahead of my emotionsBecause I’m scared you’ll turn away before I’m done But then I pauseTo catch my breathAnd realise you’re still listeningAnd also that I’ve forgotten what I was saying Then you hold me closeIn a way, I’ve never knownBut, which makes…