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This Dark Romance
The love of the dark
Makes its mark
Of the beast
You’ve just been fleeced
For the darkness of self
Affects mental health
Is unusual ways
A selfishness blaze
Humanity corrupts
Invasively interrupts
Where evil commands
The dark self-demands
Self-love is the first
Thing to be traversed
You are lovable? Really
You admit it so freely
Learning to love yourself is a lie
Searching for gratification; why?
We view our selves as deserving
We learn nothing of serving
We know nothing of love
Bar the self thereof
We’ve lost our way
The world will always be grey
When we put the self-first
We cannot be reimbursed
Loving others and unfortunates
Parking the ego that masturbates
Learning to love takes practice kiss
Loving oneself, something is amiss
You can only learn from watching
Giving, caring, and empathising
Love is learned by loving others
Damage is done; the lie smothers
Liking yourself is acceptable
Loving yourself is unacceptable
You must have self-doubt
Unless this dark romance is all you're about
Makes its mark
Of the beast
You’ve just been fleeced
For the darkness of self
Affects mental health
Is unusual ways
A selfishness blaze
Humanity corrupts
Invasively interrupts
Where evil commands
The dark self-demands
Self-love is the first
Thing to be traversed
You are lovable? Really
You admit it so freely
Learning to love yourself is a lie
Searching for gratification; why?
We view our selves as deserving
We learn nothing of serving
We know nothing of love
Bar the self thereof
We’ve lost our way
The world will always be grey
When we put the self-first
We cannot be reimbursed
Loving others and unfortunates
Parking the ego that masturbates
Learning to love takes practice kiss
Loving oneself, something is amiss
You can only learn from watching
Giving, caring, and empathising
Love is learned by loving others
Damage is done; the lie smothers
Liking yourself is acceptable
Loving yourself is unacceptable
You must have self-doubt
Unless this dark romance is all you're about
Published 5th Apr 2019
| Edited 9th May 2019
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5th Apr 2019 12:09pm
I think self-acceptance is helpful, but beyond that it's a bit much! The whole self-care industry has gone completely over the top. Maybe if people learned to care for each other, we wouldn't have to scramble so hard to care for ourselves....
Anyway, nicely written. I totally agree.
Anyway, nicely written. I totally agree.
26th Apr 2019 11:49am
I couldn't agree more with the wise words you have penned here :-)))))))
Thank you :-))))))))
Thank you :-))))))))
