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Pursuing Always
Only Occasionally Grasped
Why do I often avoid her
The one I desperately desire
She is not coy
Readily accessible
Requiring only my earnest appeal
When I call for her
She approaches without hesitation
But I frequently withdraw before she arrives
What a foolish dance by me
How typical
That she is good for me
Is without question
Able to soothe my spirit as well as my heart
Filling a need in me
Nothing else can approximate
Yet I usually falter at the last moment
Wherein lies the root of my problem
Why this oft unrequited pursual?
I’m solely to blame
Too darn busy
Striving and doing
Not fully committing to the relationship
As a result
Failing to find peace
Cursed with a mind
That is reluctant to share
Insists on control
Is threatened by this perceived interloper
Preferring exhausting activity to…
