love is getting worse, impossible, with my time ticking away. people think that one must love and they hope for you to “fall” in love. i believe i am lucky not to love. it gives me a different look at the world and saves me from many troubles. so i do not need to be a poet, neither with words nor with light. it is quite sufficient for me to be a voice, an eye, someone transmitting his opinion, without being an artist. the cruel (or sometimes beautiful) stories of life are quite sufficient to me. poetry i do not understand and religion is for the addicted masses. addicted to a lull, a smokescreen for their problems, their responsabilities and the often tough reality. traveling, serving, functioning. justice is important to me, working for the less fortunate, working well. without illusions, without pink glasses, just working, putting weight on the “good” side of the scale. even if sisyphus is smiling, i shall continue this elected duty with dedication, devotion. freedom to live and learn, know, share and move on is quite enough for me, together with the work of helping some of those most in need. i do not need any bad concience anymore, no more feelings of being incomplete because i do not share this drug of love. i have other addictions that work well for me! be free, be just, live and let live, my friend.
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You’r not the poeta austral… the poeta austral lives in argentina and is someone who really writes poetry.
And the thing about you and your “love” problem is no about women or couples, you are actually a lover, a lover of human being, and the thing you call “working for the less fortunate” is your way to love, and is most valuable that love a couple.
Hugs.
Yes, love is expensive, but it’s the pinnacle of what life has to offer. It is well worth the vulnerability of potential “troubles.” Dare to give and receive love.
love yes – commitment no