Day 26: L’s Lament

I find it admirable that

you really are open to

letting people into your life:

not putting up walls

even when you see red flags,

genuinely believing

“this one might not be like others”.

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That’s what you said,

when I showed concern –

in December, over a keen

forty year old man,

with no prior serious relationship,

accountable as a try

or a responsibility.

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Couldn’t help but question,

why is she not seeing

this as a problem?

A man, over enthusiastic to find

himself a lover for life and

not just another hoity-toity

his – “one-night” standard?

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But that’s just me,

your Jaded Little Cynic –

and I can only hope that

you remain the same

old Dee; for, it takes

courage, naivety and

truly a heart of gold.

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To believe the world isn’t all

rugged, cunning, motivated

purely by self-interest, and cold.

Every backlash at you

confirms my stand,

disillusionment of character!

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Why can’t we snatch that

whisky from the hands of

that grinning old man?

And tell him his dead wife

is having a party 6 feet under,

so he can shimmy as much as

he wants with the young

ones – but, she’s way better?

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But that’s just me,

your Jaded Little Cynic.