I wish I’d never met you – A lie

I haven’t been posting much on this blog lately because I started another web-based project. While researching that project, my vision for unashamedwriting.com (UW) has been getting progressively more clear. For the next several weeks, UW will stay my playground for my writing games. I love being able to post random bits of thoughts and pseudo-poetry without worrying too much about how it will be received by my “large audience.” That’s the main reason I haven’t been trying to increase the visibility of this blog: I didn’t want the attention and the time-consuming tasks of keeping in touch who people who cared enough to read my posts. I wasn’t ready to give much of myself, so I didn’t want to start a selfish relationship.

All that will change very soon. Not because of the wonderful things I’m ready to do, but because of the wonderful things writers much better than me can do. I’ll explain when I reveal my complete vision for UW . For now I’ll just say that I’m very excited about it.

Back to my original purpose for this blog (which was to share my great wisdom through short posts ): here is a thought that came to me while reading some love poems. I could write it in one or two paragraphs, but where is the fun in that? I’ll do it in the form of a short rhyme instead.

I wish I’d never met you – A lie
By Ada Ireland

 

“I wish I’d never met you!”
Is just a lie scorned lovers use
To hide their hurt feelings
And their broken hopes and dreams.
What they really want to say is,
“I wish you loved me as much as I love you,”
And, “I wish you could be mine.”

I can’t stand lying, even to protect my feelings,
But I don’t like making a fool of myself either,
So I’ll keep quiet about some embarrassing wishes and dreams,
Yet you should know that, although I’d like it best
To know you loved me too,
I’ll never, ever wish to haven’t met you.
Instead, I’ll tell the truth: I’m thankful that I came to know you.

You shocked my soul out of an ordinary existence,
And the wonder, beauty, intensity, and pleasure of it
Is worth any and all pain.
I love you.