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I've been told that maybe I should do some "shadow work."

It's kinda like working on that "inner jerk" except it's

a little more spiritual.



Quite often I'll find myself running off towards love

only to capture lust in the garden of delights as love

quite easily escapes my sights and all of my "rights"

and "wrongs" flash before my eyes to no suprise...any-

more.  Now I just simply sit back and wait to see what

love has in store for me next.



Funny, but when I read love stories the text seemed oh

so plausible.  I've tried and I've tried to believe that

it's fake but surely I'll cry more than I'll laugh

so in the aftermath of my last "greatest" relationship

I've ever known, I think I'll attempt to own up to those

cracks in my cement, the chinks in my armor, my..achilles

...heel.



For real, if Superman can have kryptonite then truly I can

have a sex-less night and not feel like I'm alone, right?

Sometimes I feel that if loneliness is a job or even a

career then I'm ready for my pension plan to kick in and

somebody hand me a shovel because my love is getting

buried six-teen feet under.



It's now wonder all of those romances ended with, "happily

ever after" because nobody wanted to have to pay bills, or

raise kids, or show what couples did when life wasn't a

"spoon-ful of suga" cause the medicine is really, actually

very foul and taking it has left me howling at the moon

naking in the middle of Central Park like the Fisher King



Maybe it's my turn to be mean sometimes and listen intently

to DMX rhymes while I give love and romance the gas-face

Yeah! When will it be my turn to ask for space?  When will

it be my turn to tell someone who loves me to get the hell

oughta my face then dismiss their tears, stomp on their fears

and watch all of my years as MR NICE GUY go sailing bye-bye?



Naw, I choke on those words because that ain't even me

or maybe it's that man in the mirror, my dark side.

I wonder how long it can hide? How long can I keep my

pride at bay whilst I play "Nice Guy" and stay faithful

to that thing called "LOVE?"