I have been helping a friend through a breakup and sharing some of my experiences with her. I think I’ve learned something through every relationship and every crush. I have plenty of poetry about heartbreak.

This next one is not one of them.

Perception or Reality
I look back at what has come to be of this relationship between you and me.
Stemming out of nothing
and then unraveling at the seams.
Things fall apart
and so did we.
But there is certainly no negativity
and no animosity.
It’s  just the way things have to be.

But now I’ve had time to think about it, joke about it and analyze it.
(Because I could never cry about it).
My final realization is summed up in this declaration:
You weren’t man enough to deal with this womanly possession.
Need clarification?
It’s perception turned reality.
You perceived me as a woman therefore you pursued me.
I thought you were a man and let you you seduce me.
My perception was distorted but then I saw reality.
I was too much of a woman and you weren’t man enough for me.

Eli 1999

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