By CordovaGirl
Date: 2003 Jul 22
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Non-commital Exercise

I should probably figure out what my problem is,
why I constantly need to run away from
the one thing I need most right now
in my life.

Maybe commitment-phobics and I
should get together, and discuss why
I constantly spend countless hours
dreaming of the perfect scenario
where the guy begs for me back, and I
accept his apologies,
in the midst of movie-style backgrounds,
and movie-style soundtracks,
when the break-up hasn't even happened yet.  

and I should probably decide whether or not
to fall in love again, because I want to,
but I can't decide whether or not I need the pain
of it not working again,
and me spending countless hours dreaming
of the reasons it ended, and what I did
wrong, because for some reason
it tends to be my fault,
even when he tells me he's sorry about everything.

So I should probably figure out
how to stop crying over three-year-old situations,
and stop listening to the three-year-old inside me
for more than three seconds,
because maybe by not enjoying the feeling of feeling
sorry for myself,
I won't remember why I'm running,
and the pain I felt after falling before
won't feel as intense as the pain I'll feel
when I realize how much more it hurts
if I keep running,
without ever letting my heart and feet stop
to give me just enough time
to finally settle down.