Malcolm James Furst
Words, words, wordsTrue Love, Let’s Hope
Before our first date, there was electric-tart anticipation,
After that meeting, there is longing, a slow, pulsing ache of wonder.
The two feelings are not dissimilar, two flavors of possibility.
Between them, over coffee, two hours of irrepressible smiles, furtive glances, laughter, revelation, gazing into each other’s eyes, joy, and the undeniable feeling that a door has opened to a new world, and I have walked into it and into you, and I will never leave.
Dumbass or Smartass
HONestly,
When I THINK
of what I
KNEW for SURE
when I was Twenty-Three?
about the WORLD and ME?
It’s PREtty F-ING clear
that I was WROOONG!
So
bloody
wrong
about EVerything,
but I was
FEARless.
Pleas
I holler out loud,
and everybody turns to see
what’s happening
what’s wrong with me.
I smile
and thank them kindly for their words of comfort.
But their words don’t really comfort me.
I need more.
I want more than words.
Sticks and stones may break your bones,
but names will never hurt me.
or heal me.
or help me.
Please…
Please heal me.
Please help me.
An Amazing First (last) Date
I saw her.
We met
and dined
and laughed
and drank a bit too much
and went back to my place
and listened to amazing music
and she hit on me,
so I kissed her back,
and we rolled around,
and the energy between us was incredible,
but she didn’t feel it.
She couldn’t feel it.
It was there.
She just.
Couldn’t.
Feel.
It.
I am so sensitive.
Intuit
Reason.
Heart.
Should our emotions be the master of reason?
Should logic be the master of heart?
Is the goal to seek balance between the two?
Is intuition a function of emotion? or is it the master of both reason and emotion?
Logic is a tool of the mind, and emotions are a sort of sense, a sense that is always present, but dulled by overexposure to our own feelings and to those we see in print, online, and on the tube or screen.
We are so busy that our own emotions are just reactions to the stresses of the world around us, but they should be our guides to and in loving relationships with partners, friends, and family.
Of course, it is reason that tells me this.
What of intuition?
