Vindicates: With The Lovers’ Proposition

We can go through the rest of our lives
running through one relationship after the next
never getting it right
and maybe one day having a child by accident
or because of a hasty decision or desparate moment
married to someone who we thought was different
like all of our previous lies and denials

or we can decide today …
consciously …
clearly …
to have at least one child
with … someone who is … worthy
someone … even if we may never marry
someone who will be there for us even
if it’s merely in times of tarry
or during our trials … for they’ve already
proven … their love

we each have one … of them
maybe it’s a friend … denied
maybe an ex we ran … from
or someone we could not stand
yet … they stood by our sides
and remained in our lives
unwaivering … even as we focused on others
a true lover

you decide …
do you want to lose the truth …
in order to live a lie?
is your fantasy or denial
more important than your reality?
will you be only a victim of chance?
will your life be merely a product of circumstance?
who will you stand by?
who will you let stand by you?

with all of the insecurity …
when will you allow yourself to be … certain?
or are you only worth fleeting moments?

- Prasand J.