
I will not write about love
for I am not in it –
surely, yes, I have
experienced it,
but as though an introductory,
sweeping strum of a harp,
I won’t allow myself to fall
into a moment,
until it is right to do so;
I’m like an anacrusis awaiting that
conductor’s sign,
the downbeat for the melody to start.
Tiresome, yes?
Am I waiting, awaiting?
Will time cause me to fall apart? –
I’m not yielding to an urge,
I am not capitulating,
I have no requirements to search for affection,
why put myself in the way of
judgement and expectations?
Dejection, rejection?
No, I do not fear these,
but for some,
they’re surely breaking the ability
for true connections,
halting their ability to reach out
with ease.
Here, I sit on the fence,
staring down,
undecided yet,
and I know I won’t allow myself
to fall,
until it is right to do so again,
I don’t need the sweetness of
words from either a woman or a man,
don’t need the positive growth that
an alliance could provide, would or can,
I am loving my life the way it is,
I won’t be swayed by society’s requirements
that I must couple up to be.
Perpetually existing,
do they think I have no end in sight?
While I live and I learn,
do they think my early evenings translate to
quiet depressive nights?
That being single means bunkering down
unsatisfied, until the morning light,
where I can receive my endorphins through
pounding the pavement,
where satisfaction and happiness
are experienced again,
they are within grasp,
within sight.
I don’t need love to be whole,
don’t need it to feel ‘right’,
I can exist by myself,
being independent is no longer a plight,
to be alone can be bliss,
I’ll take the peaceful solitude
as it is,
and so I’ll continue to grow,
and fastidiously enjoy all that life brings.
© 2021 Lauren M. Hancock. All rights reserved.
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay
Wonderful piece, Lauren.Truly enjoyed.💕❤️
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Wow, powerful, empowering, and moving, dear Lauren. Blissful, indeed. ❤️
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Thank you very much, my lovely friend ☺️☺️❤️
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You’re welcome, Lauren. Always. Have a lovely day! ❤🤗
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You too! 🙂 🙂
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“I can exist by myself.” Yes, until the right one comes along. Only then you will know. I love this! 🙂
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Thank you so much 🙂 ❤
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