Welcome to the current edition of Relationship Closures. Here are three entries that I selected for this edition. Please keep in mind that while I may not have included your entry in this edition, I visit and read each and every submission, and do appreciate the time you take to write and send them.
Dani’s Having second thoughts? Changed a lot? Goodbye shows how a person perceives physical and emotional changes in three of his relationships. Relationships can change when one or both persons decide to “let themselves go”, although I have to agree with one of the comments to the article that what is described is not love, but infatuation. When a couple is in love, they will change together and grow in a similar direction while developing and maintaining their unique identities. On the other hand, infatuation lives as long as the image stays the same for the infatuated, and even that doesn’t last.
Alex’s You get out of it what you put into it can be complementary to the previous post in that relationships require both participants – whether this be a friendship or an intimate relationship. Sometimes the quality of a relationship is a reflection of what you put into it, but we are quick to focus only on what we get out of it.
Finally, Yvaine sent a poem called, Heartbreak in a dial tone to describe: “Everyone of us has that someone who got away, but not all of us heal at the same time. This is a poem of that failed romance, that on hindsight, might not have failed me at all.” This poem really touched me; its beautiful rhythm conveyed the evolution of what could have been and the heartbreak when it never became. By far one of my favorite entries received – thank you for sharing, Yvaine!
Until next time,
Jane
Thank you so much for including my entry in your list. “Heartbreak” is one of my most personal poems and in writing it, did heal me a little bit more.
You’re welcome, Yvaine. It was obvious that the poem came from the deepest reaches of your heart.