Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

because i'm afraid,
i phone up a girl
whom i really don't like
and really don't think
is anything worth pursuing.

looking in the mirror,
i fix up my hair
and shave my face,
though i can't say i care
what happens tonight.

dinner, a movie,
some forgettable talk.
a couple of drinks
don't help much.
i like tim burton
and japanese horror;
she likes songs about clubs.

the subject comes up:
shall we do this again?
i say yes, and she says yes.
scared to be alone
and she is, too.
so we'll do this 'til we see
that alone's not so bad.

6.8 billion people on the earth and loneliness haunts all of us at some times in our lives. no problem with being alone, it's that loneliness that's a bitch. we must be either fucking nutz or searching for companionship that is an illusion. i think many can relate to your poem.

it takes some aging to know
that being lonely with someone
is far worse than being alone

being alone allows you to have
hope for meeting someone who
is your equal

good luck and enjoy the pursuits,
the good ones and the bad
it's all good in the end

Indeed, I agree with achilles

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