Monday, March 23, 2020

The Forever Man

I see you, I hear you, I understand.
Yes, she exists.
The one you were searching for
In everyone you met.
Yes, she'll want to love you
To the depths of your soul.
Yes, she'd take a bullet for you
In a heartbeat
Just like you would for her.

She'll match you and your ocean
No it won't feel like effort to her
She'll swim effortlessly in you.
Yes, you can swim in her too
Once she knows you are who you are.
You will both be infinite.
To reciprocate your love
It's what she's been longing to give
She is who you are too.
She'll be delighted to meet you.

They'll try their best to convince you
The 5-minute lovers
That something is fundamentally
Wrong with you. Settle already!
They'll call you crazy
That you have to take reality into account.
What you're looking for doesn't exist.
They'll take for as long as you give
They'll keep you confused.
When you ask where you stand
They'll tell you they never wanted that much.
You gave. With little to no investment in return.
They will reject you for anyone else easily.

They'll also have multiple partners all at once
And keep them all hidden from each other
Except to deliberately induce jealousy as and when needed.
You'll become insecure
And wonder why what you were offering wasn't enough
To convince them that what you're offering is all they can ever need.
You're the best insurance they can have for life.
Remember then that what you were offering wasn't less
It was too much.

Power, control and manipulation
Will be the game you're in.
You'll tell yourself you never signed up for that.
They'll make you feel like a fool.
You'll question your intelligence for trusting.
It'll crush your soul. Break your bones.
One time. Several times. Many times.
You will rebuild.

In time, you will learn to forgive.
Them and more importantly yourself.
You will learn that they're not wrong.
Their needs are just different from yours.
They don't want the forever kind of love
Or even if they want it
They want maximum returns for minimum investment.
They didn't reject you, you both repelled.
They're not better or worse than you
For it's never a comparison.
They were not your match as you weren't theirs.
As simple as that.
You can't force a connection where none exists.
Don't judge them for in other ways
They can be quite compatible with you.
You might even care for them truly
They just can't be your romantic partner.

When you develop a higher perspective
You'll understand that they were here
To teach you life lessons on self-love
And knowing your own worth
So one day you can shine
In all your glory knowing who you are
And what you bring to the table.
You'll know you're exactly the kind of rare
You want to be.

Yes, she exists.
You will always know where you stand with her.
Yes, she will be hers first. She'll love everyone.
But romantically, you will be her one and only.
You will never have a doubt in your mind about this.
Neither will anyone else. She'll make sure of that.

Life with her will be effortless.
For you'll speak the same language.
She'll be your best friend, lover and life partner
All rolled into one.
It'll be irrelevant how much time you get together
Between both your busy schedules
You belong to each other romantically.
And that will be that.
And you'll long for more moments with each other
In a happy way.

When you meet her
Her eyes will sparkle
Her smile will be a little bit different
She'll breathe easier
Her mind will automatically calm down
For you will be her meditation.
When she rests her head on your shoulder
And links her arm through yours
To hold your hand
As you sit together on a park bench
She'll have her whole world
You will feel her
Because you feel just the same.

Stop searching for her you forever man
It's not your job to convert the 5-minute lovers
Into your forever woman.
You're not a failure for not being able to convert them.
Even if the books, movies and music you loved
Told you that you have to fix and heal a stone to become water.
That that's what's the power of true love.
Know that your love was, is and always will be true.
You don't control how someone else feels and acts.
It's not personal, no matter how personal it feels.
The truth is you don't have the right to change anyone.
They get to be who they want to be.
And likewise you get to be who you want to be.
Besides you don't want to be wondering
If they'll go back to their original ways.
This will cause you to self-destruct
Because you can't be in a situation
Where loyalty is up for debate.

Don't try to convert yourself into a 5-minute lover either
You'll fail horribly. It's not who you are.
Plus you'll find the more you allow
She'll want to push your boundaries further
To see how far she can go.
You weren't born to be treated in
Any which way that does not equal
How you treat her.
Know you have the power to walk away
It won't feel powerful
But know that it's all you can do.
Keep walking. Keep it moving.

Yes, she exists.
Your forever woman.
Take refuge in this fact
Until this will be all you need.
Know that she walks the same earth as you do
She breathes the same air as you do
She feels the same way as you.
The dark tapestry that holds the stars at night
Is the same sky you both look at
When you think of each other.
She makes a wish to these stars
That you be safe and happy.
She's fought the same battles you have
Yes all on her own.
Don't blame yourself for not being there to protect her
Before you met her.
For she wasn't there for you when you most needed her either.
You both needed to learn to take care of yourselves first.

It's alright if others reject you
And make you feel less than, not enough.
Never reject yourself for being different
For being and feeling like a lone soldier.

Forget acceptance, know that your forever woman
Celebrates you, every moment of her every breath.
She's incredibly proud of you for being you.
Besides the more you accept who you are
You come more into alignment
Life will take on a quality of unbridled joy.
It won't matter that you haven't met her
Or you might never in this lifetime.
Want to know why? Your life isn't about her.
She is not your destination or a trophy to win.
She's your partner in the journey of life
As you both fulfill your respective missions.
She's the chocolate chip cookie to your ice-cream.
She's not the ice-cream. You are.

Knowing there are others like you will be enough.
It'll get you through the years you have on this planet
Happily. Because when you're a forever man
Only a forever woman will do for you.
There's no choosing anything different.
How to know for sure there are others like you?
Because I exist.
Stay strong, stay true to you my forever man
For I'm counting on it.
Until we meet, ours truly,
Your forever woman.

- Archana









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