Anti-Player

I’m a romantic...
Living in Love’s reality...
Always losing on a technicality!
Always questioning
The practicality,
Of the other persons morality!
Love for me is normal,
But being “in love” is an abnormality.
Relationships constant tug of war
Causes Love to become a fallacy!
I became cynical of love!
So, after becoming Love’s fatality;

I decided to change the game!
After giving my all to Love and being used
I’d never again be the same.
See I still enjoy Love and the feeling of being in it,
But I refuse to ever again be so deep “in love” that I could again be hurt by it!
So I decided,
To get what I needed from Love.
Because,
I believe most people have good intentions
But over time their own expectations change.
I’ve found out that people start to show their true colors around the three month range.
But when you’re “in love” you ignore the signs and you start to give in.
And even though you know it’s not good,
you tell yourself that you’ll win in the end.
But once you lose ground in a relationship
Rarely can you recover,
So now you’re in a place you don’t want to be, and you’re at a disadvantage you discover!
So I empathize with “Players.”
That might sound funny but let me explain.
You see “Players,” became “Players” because they tried to change the game!
If you take the emotion out of the picture,
By having multiple lovers,
Then they’re left with all the pain.
Only their emotions remain.
So then from getting hurt, and having feelings they try to refrain!
Thus explaining their disdain.
But the truth is, “Players” do have feelings.
Because they get territorial you see,
They like to say things like, “These Hoes Ain’t Loyal!” and question your loyalty.
So I’ve decided to become an Anti-Player,
I don’t tell lies, I’m a truth sayer,
I don’t make demands,
We truly become friends,
And our relationship only ends,
When you can no longer live with your sins!
I befriend women with honesty!
No intentions nor attachments, no commitments nor distractions, if you want some satisfaction, to go along with your detachment, from your man or from your life, of being a girlfriend or a housewife, because you’re bored or the strife, that he puts you through or you just no longer like,
The routine, you need a spike and some spice.
I’m here for you. But make no mistake! I’m not here to save you! I’m not promising to take you away, I’m here for the conversation.
From your relationship a little vacation.
But inevitably,
At the three month range I start to see,
The change in your heart and you get ugly!
You start to think you own me!
And you hate the fact that I’m free!
But when I tell you, you’re the one cheating, not me!
You begin to see clearly,
the “Player” you hate, you say to yourself, “IS ME!”
That’s a hard realization!
You deny the manifestation and regret the manipulation!
But what’s worse is the fact that you manipulated yourself!
Because I told you in the beginning that I’ve put my love on the shelf.
You see I LOVE you as a person and a friend, but I’m not “in love” with you, in the end.
How could I be?
You’re a CHEATER!
Now you wanna tell me, in Love you’re a believer?
Whether you like it or not, you can’t deny that I’ve uncovered your plot.
Even though in the beginning you never had the thought, you were just following your heart!
But the heart is treacherous!
On your head, you should lay your bets! Otherwise, your life will be a mess.
You’re playing checkers, I’m playing Chess!
I confess,
Love’s not fair!
But my game is rare,
Because I prefer not to play games.
In my opinion 90% of relationships are the same. Maybe 10% are able to find their soulmate, who they discover on the first date. The rest of us are too late! Once life gets in the way we settle, we try to force things to work, when with ourselves, we need to level. We need to move on, to a new song instead we prolong the same song with the wrong one!
There’s redeeming qualities with everyone, but everyone’s not compatible. Everyone’s not infallible, or malleable.
The key is marrying your best friend,
Because once the novelty wears off, and the beauty wears off, and the hair falls off, it’s what you’ll be left with in the end!