3/5/26 - Like A Tattoo
I look out into a far enough distance, and I can feel it. The blood doesn't pool into my veins the right kinda way. I can feel it. I would have hoped to feel different about it today, but I don't. I need to pretend. I need to lie. She hates me... why do people put on these charades? I just wish they liked me enough to end it for good. I wish she respected me enough to give me a reason. I understood the decision, even if it didn't make any sense. She's a person. Respect even in the face of emptiness. I drive back to my apartment with the same feeling every night. I'm fighting against God and nature. I do not believe the Earth mother wants a beautiful life for me. I believe I was crafted to toil and languish. And every day I strain against her designs, she lifts the flail for another lash. Let me say what we already know to be true. A loveless life is not a life at all. Like a scar of age And with my failure I accept that I will never be ready for love. And I will nev...