Society Bogged Down by Relationships

Hello Lakewoodians, Lakewooders (sounds wrong lol!) I hope all is well in this bi-polar weather!  I swear our weather is like… like that of our worst relationship ever.

The ups are the sunshiny days and the downs are the rainstorms causing our ships to sink. What ships you ask, well you know our relationships… relate ships… this ship has sailed my good friends, and we are the passengers, some of us taking lead while the rest of us choose to sit on the top deck looking down to watch people seek relationships, like the ants seeking harvest, to feed their need to be loved and bam the rain hits and they start to drown.

I must say I like this seat although at times it’s lonely but for the most it’s quite enjoyable. We will discuss that aspect a little later, but for now the big question of today is…

What causes us to drown ourselves in our relationships?  I constantly hear how people say, I love my independence, I don’t want to lose myself in a relationship and then they are the same ones who cancel plans with you to be with their partner…???  Some of you reading this are probably shaking their heads saying yeah I use to say that… LOL and it is ok!  

I once drowned myself in a relationship, drowned myself so much that I forgot who I was. Thank God for the swimming lessons because I survived that near death of myself worth experience and have found strength. Don’t get me wrong he was a good man, just not the right man.

When you are in a healthy, trusting, enjoyable, communicative relationship you should never feel like you are drowning. This relationship should feel like easy sailing with a few glitches here and there but nothing as severe as capsizing your boat and drowning.

COME UP FOR AIR PLEASE!!!! Which brings another question, do we end up drowning ourselves because we want to make the wrong relationship right? HA! That’s the thought I will leave you with until next time.

Here’s a poem written by yours truly, I hope you enjoy.

“I keep wanting to press stop on my life and hit rewind

to the time i fell deep

so troubled my mind can't sleep

I feel weak again

wishing there was a way to erase it

misplace the tape at least

It’s like super glued to me everywhere i go

it interferes so he can't get to know me

show me what he has to offer because i make him question why even bother

all she'll do is accuse, abuse, and misuse what i give her

so I'll amuse, refuse, and lose what she gives me

sadly all i can do is sit back and watch the movie of my past

like a tragedy written by Shakespeare 

but this is no Romeo and Juliet

I'm more like Ophelia and you,

you are my Hamlet on video cassette.”