Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Dark Minds

Yes, this is really what goes on in my head...

Dark minds

Dark minds conspire against me
They seek to have me believe that I am not worthy of love
They seek to discredit anyone I am interested in
They seek to keep me alone, removed from possibility
It’s for your own good
You can do better

The darkest mind is mine alone
I am too old, to fat, to odd
Who would want to go out with me
Who would want to be with me
I will not be made a fool
I will not make the first move

A look, a glance, a smile, a joke
Tendrils of possibility enter this dark mind
And are immediately extinguished
Nothing will be allowed to take root here
This land is barren
Devoid
Bereft

The thoughts sweep the tendrils away
A guy would only ask you out if he lost a bet
Or was trying to win a bet
Or wanted to embarrass you
Like a bad sitcom, a guy would ask you over
To serve drinks at his party
Or to talk about a new girlfriend
Or to get information

No one is interested in you
No one wants you

And yet, there are still these tendrils of possibility
That the dark minds must destroy

Voices

And for some reason, I keep falling for the wrong guys...


Voices

I am in love with a guy I cannot love 
It is wrong on so many levels
I cannot explain or control my feelings
I like talking to him
I like listening to him
I like looking into his eyes
I like his smile

Voices tell me this is wrong
He’s not right for you
You can do better
Anyone but him

My own voice says
I want a guy who wants me
I don’t want to make the first move

I put him behind me and yet
Here we are again
I can’t stop thinking about him
He sounded emphatic and I saw something in his eyes
And I felt butterflies in my stomach

How stupid
I’m reading too much into this
There is nothing there
No chemistry
He is not interested
He told me that before

It took EVERYTHING I had not to walk with him out the door
To the parking lot
To try to get some sort of sign
That he is interested

We keep winding up together at things
Partners because we don’t have partners
I don’t want someone because they are the only one there
But I want him
But I can’t go out with him
Because it’s wrong

I think if I had walked out that door with him
He might have said something I wanted to hear
It would be the booze
I hadn’t been drinking
He had

If I pursued him, he would be mine
By not pursuing him am I pursuing him?
Attracting him by pretending I’m not attracted to him
But listening to his every word
And telling him all about me

Am I crazy?

The voices the voices the voices
Listen to the voices

He’s weird
He’s smart

He’s odd
He’s funny

He’s flaky

He’s not right for you
Go out and see if he likes you
You can do better
You cannot reel him in
You cannot date him
He is too much like the other one
You will be doing one hundred percent of the work

If he asked you out would you say yes?
Yes
Yes
I would

What is wrong with me?

By telling me to call him, is he making a move-
Trying to say that he WANTS ME to call him
And then he leaves
He drives me crazy.

This is stupid
I miss my exit thinking about him
I can’t sleep

I am starved for love and affection
Affirmation
I would consume him in flames
and leave nothing but a charred shell.
Not fair to him

I would feel validation
Warmth, caring
Then I would move on
To do better
To date someone that is more open,
More sharing, more confident

And having reached out
And reeled in one that was not interested,
I would leave him with nothing
Not fair

The voices the voices the voices
Listen to your own voice
You cannot date him
He’s weird
He’s odd
He’s flaky
He deserves better
You are not right for him

Copyright 2008.  Lori Dominick

A New Year's Kiss

New Year's has never really been a great holiday for me - so here is my wish:


New Year’s Kiss
 

A New Year’s kiss
Cannot be half-hearted
Or desperate
Or overly alcohol induced

Cannot be gained
Through trickery
Deception
Connivance
Contrivance

Cannot be last minute
What the hell
You’ll do
You’re here

A New Year’s Kiss
Is comfortable
And passionate
And fireworks

Childish fantasy

Maybe

But I will hold out
For that New Year’s Kiss
And hold on
To that Kiss
As long a possible

Copyright 2007. Lori Dominick