Relationship Obsession

in modern culture
the notion of ‘relationship’
is an obsession

people talk incessantly
about
‘relationship’

a nearly
constant theme
in mass media

mass media
is not uniting
the world

mass media pretends
to provide an intimately
inter-connected world

but in reality mass media delivers
a simulated
world of shadows

making humanity
anonymous
and lonely

when computers
replace
human contact

and the psychology of culture
replaces
innermost needs

it is not surprising that
there is an obsession with
“relationship"

last bastion of humanity
in a politically correct age
of anonymous androgyny

few realize that
‘relationship’
is an empty center

around which
lonely hunger
forages for warmth

seeking
the hearth of
belonging

public language of ‘relationship’
hollow devoid
of whats truly needed

incessant repetition
betrays modern culture’s
absence of sacred intimacy

intimacy
is a
sacred experience

intimacy never exposes
its secret trust and belonging
to voyeuristic culture

intimacy goes
to the core born in
the soul

the soul
is
reserved

the soul
defiantly shrouds itself
in private self reflection

blotting out neon glare
of self-consuming
vacuous culture

(C) 2021 Raibeart Bruis