I thought I’d die if I didn’t have you
and I very nearly
threw away my life
when you asked me to
Just about but not quite
because in the last minute,
some shred of something
pulled me back
What was it?
Self-preservation?
Self-respect?
Dignity? Sensibility?
You called it selfishness
I’m so glad that I’m a selfish person
It saved my life
That I loved me more than I loved you.
*Read my other Love Poetry. Or listen to it.
Art showcases vulnerability, makes honesty accessible, believable, livable.
I was quoted alongside other poets in a media story about powerful poetry.
If you must start the conversation,I will be the one to end it. If the conversations end whenever you want them to,I’ll decide when and whether they should start again. A conversation between equals deserves balance everywhere.
I’ve loved painting since I was young enough to find joy leaving my fingerprints on walls & my own face. That has not changed. Something about the interplay of colour & the feel of pigment in every form just makes me sit right. I feel like I tap into a…
I started this year facing up to something I have feared all my life – the word GOODBYE.
FLAMINGOS is the story of two realities (flight & bondage) juxtaposed in a corner of Mumbai’s forgotten history.
If what you wrote was true, then let me congratulate you for making it through. If you have a minute or two, you might want to read the story on suicide that might help you. OR irritate you.
Lousy rhyme, but the story is better.
a well wisher.
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.-= mithun´s last blog ..Repeat Telecast =-.
@mithun: It was actually written a few years ago about something that happened even earlier than that.
Wowie.. new template! Me likey! Actually all the blogs that I visit have changed their template.. was I away for so long!
@Rashmi: With an emphasis on ‘a little bit of’.
@rahul: I was talking about self-preservation, not callousness. ‘Don’t give a fuck to anyone’ just makes one a spoilt brat and ultimately – a lonely loser.
@Broom: So glad you got that!
@Ms Taggart: Sometimes one does love another even more than one loves oneself. It’s a ground-shaking experience but it teaches you so much about yourself.
@Ms Taggart: A change does us all good, no? 😀
Yep.. loving oneself more than the other person! I think everyone should know that! 🙂
.-= Ms Taggart´s last blog ..Gift Story – Part 2 =-.
Rahul, just because a person loves themselves doesn’t mean they “don’t give fuck to anyone”.
That’s a very narrow interpretation of this post.
so the essence is..don’t give fuck to anyone love yourself..cool..nice pics of the wall project
.-= rahul´s last blog ..Ghost BestSeller =-.
A lil bit of selfishness is good 🙂
A friend once advised me and I shall always remember that “Try and be a lil selfish”