people are strange

[itsallgrand]

don't know quite yet what this is all about. just random observations and thoughts maybe...

 

people seem to want other people to be happy

and, when they are not,

it is a real burden to be around you.

 

people get bored with stability

and, want the person they are with to be exciting

to have new things to talk about

to share new aspects of life,

to be a social connection,

to be a open up the world.

 

i've been down for a long time,

and had stopped caring

not doing a thing for others i did not desire

not feeling any sense of responsibility or devotion

to any one person or any network of people

 

pure selfishness

and i noticed a few things

 

nobody wants to hear your problems

nobody wants to hear you complain

nobody wants to be around you if you are sad all the time

negative or moody

 

that's all fine

just what it is

so what is the difference between

those who are there

and those who are not

 

some people are attracted to my sick parts

they want to be abused

they know only negative reinforcement

for a job well done

 

my sick parts bring the wrong people to me

for all the wrong reasons

and makes it difficult to see the right ones

to understand their own reasons for being with me

 

my sickness feeds other peoples sickness

and drags down or repels the healthy

so all in all

any improvement upon myself improves the world

can help another

by simple interaction

or a moment

or by long involved relations

that deeply shape the people we become

 

................................

 

they are attracted to my life outside of them

but the balance is fine

to share between us two

and to separate and be without thought

for that person, living and acting outside

 

the balance is fine

negligence

dependency

distance

boredom

 

I no longer feel in control of my relationships

they seem to have lives of their own

i can only stand back and watch them develop

will it last? will one take that street and the other another?

 

I can only live my own life

for myself

always.....

 

that's when i have found real happiness, real success, real connection,

real caring, real giving and receiving, real objectivity, real creativity, real compassion.

 

I have looked outside myself!

Don't do it.

Or do it and

Learn! lol

[Alabama]

Interesting post. You make it in a poetic voice, saying that people at times say they want to help, but when someone get can really depressed and clingy, that they don't want to anymore. The person can become a burden and while the healthy person is trying to get a hold on thier life, they can only do so much for the depressed person. While we try at times to maintain our own lives, perhaps that is easier to a certain degree, but we must also remember there are others too who sometimes need our help.

[yeawutever]

Interesting, never thought of if, but yes people can be strange. And by the way I think this sounds more like a poem, if so then it should be on the poem forum, it sure's a nice and realistic poem.

[Siriana]

I used to listen to the Doors when I was 16-18. And one of the bests lyrics were in a song People are strange that was on the album Strange days.

 

People Are Strange

 

People are strange when you're a stranger

Faces look ugly when you're alone

Women seem wicked when you're unwanted

Streets are uneven when you're down

 

When you're strange

Faces come out of the rain

When you're strange

No one remembers your name

 

 

I am not calling you strange but I think the atmosphere is the same as in your post. Sadness and tiredness combined with what a man can do attitude. You wrote something poetic I wrote back in the same way.