Sunday, 15 November 2015

A LEO’s LOVE MANIFESTO

I want to be loved.
I want to feel it’s passion and embrace.
To feel its warmth and intoxicating familiarity and newness.
I want to be held. I want to be cherished.
Treated like a treasure.

Yet also the down home girl that I am.

I want love.

An equal, mutual exchange.
Embraced by its security.
An equal empowerment, respect, desire.
Balanced communication.

I wonder how I can move on when a huge part of me doesn’t want to let go.
Of my hurt?
Of the man who stole my heart?
Well, it wasn’t his for the taking.

But I offered it on a silver platter, full of bells and whistles.
He intrigued me, made me feel desired and desirable.
He made me feel proud to be his partner.
Yet I never really feel validated in that way.

I backed away, I shied off. I resisted.

I had a façade of the ideal person, the ideal relationship.
And I desperately didn’t want to break it.

But I did. Because I knew it wasn’t right. It needed to start fresh.
I feel badly for the hurt I may have caused, the blame I placed.
But I feel vindicated in sharing and standing up for my worth.
It needed to happen. I needed to break free.

I’m afraid to let go. I still love.
But I need to validate myself,
Stick to things, feel,
And move forward.

I feel anger, shame, guilt, doubt, fear, loss,
trepidation, sadness, loss, sorrow.
I feel new beginning, a chance to learn and start anew.


I am who I am and I will be with someone who
makes me feel more truly myself than ever before.
I am with someone who allows me to accept
myself through my flaws, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses.
My love rallies and validates me in my confidences and success.
My purity and failure.

I am human. I am emotion. I am power.

I sometimes fear the affect of my harsh words,
Demanding emotions, and lash tongue.
I fear the places they put me with others.

But I am pure. And I am learning to express my emotions and my needs.
I am growing. I am morphing. I am human. I am transcending.
I really do love you, querido.

But when it comes down to it, I love myself more.

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