Heartbreak
L. B. Mek said:

for generations
the mantra has been
\'love ain\'t real\'
\'too much work\'
\'broken families yielding broken families
so why bother trying\'
\'body counts, as accepted topics\'
\'scoring people on appearances
out of ten, like it\'s a humane thing\'
\'a million playbooks on one night stands\'
all anchored by those celeb divorce rates
with prenup\'s as our only relationship, guarantees...
but now, we\'ve lost
what it means to be two people
trying to build something substantial
a way to be partners without hurting each other
how even without happily ever-after we can still respect and treasure each other
all this and so much more, lost
so all that\'s left is this crude imitation
of a relationship, based on flicking right
and clicking a heart on pics
drinking games, short lived highs
and blink n miss, memories
(they said people evolved from hunter gatherer\'s
now we\'ve devolved to mere thrill seekers
slaloming past other people\'s hearts
like it\'s an Olympic event)
I salute anyone brave enough
to try and seek love
in our meaninglessly crude, age


December 5th, 2022 05:48