dear mannequin,
funny you should mention seal. i was listening to “every time i’m with you” last night. when he sang, “… we’re like summer and rain/you and i are not the same/that’s what makes it perfect,” i realized we’ve both been foolish. last night i relived us, i tried to skip the painful parts, but i realized these are some of the things that make being with you worthwhile. last night, i held your grief in both hands, stared at it and saw behind your darkened eyes, a soul unsure. i realized then it takes two to instill uncertainty. i hear your demons too, they’ve been in my head all night conversing with my demons. i like the metaphor of the arrow, m. there is a reason it comes in a pair – the straight and the bent. so yes, m, i accept your broken arrow. i’ll take the straight and the bent in our hunt for joy. for it is foolhardy to expect two lovers to love in equal measures. come back, m, come back home. yours, n.
F-K 2016.
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August 1, 2016 at 18:10
I enjoyed this truly a good piece of art
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August 1, 2016 at 18:21
thanks, Morgan.
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August 1, 2016 at 18:21
You’re very welcome
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August 30, 2016 at 04:29
David Whyte speaks of Unrequited love as the only form of love human beings experience. Because the very need to be fully requited is to turn away from the possibilities of love it self. A love returned hardly ever resembles the love given , who do we know so well through all the twists and turns of a life given to know to give them exactly what they want in equal measure or quality ?
Now this is the insight of this write.
Beautifully humane.
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August 30, 2016 at 05:22
yep. you read it correctly. this is uncanny. just yesterday i explained this to my second year drama class after their improvisations. we are creating a play on unrequited love. while we device the play, my intention is to teach them not to expect love in equal measures as they give or receive – and this is one of the ironies i would like them to take from the play, and also to always see the positive in any situation, love included feel free to share your experience with us on the subject.
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August 30, 2016 at 16:18
I deal with adolescents in critical care unit , attempting suicide over unrequited love. So , I sort of got used to this rehearsed speech of mine 😉
It felt like entropy to read it in your post.
Pleasure is mine. Thank you.
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August 30, 2016 at 16:28
never despair – “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” whatever you do to help will always go a long way in preserving the essence of many, some you haven’t even met.
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August 30, 2016 at 16:28
never despair – “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” whatever you do to help will always go a long way in preserving the essence of many, some you haven’t even met.
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