All that guys want is
to be friends
and
a little bit more.

"That's all?!"
It leaves girls
a little bit sore.

Commitment pushes and pulls.
Everyone seeks their own
security.

"But to be absolutely secure,
means
the other is
absolutely insecure."

That, is the paradox.

Push or pull.
Which are you?

Promises can be broken.
It never was eternal anyway.
It just makes
the recipient happy, safe.
Smug.

Its as if,
commitment causes one,
to become a product to be
possessed,
played with for but awhile,
and tossed aside in the end.
(We all know what happened to the stray dog.)
Becoming 'yours truly' has this
unfortunate effect
of being taken for granted.

Its as if, being nice, romantic, and loving
is a must.
And not because I want to,
or not.
My wishes become
irrelevant.
While yours,
become all important.

Its the post-modern-day slavery, 'tis.
To be bound by vows
that one has no certainty
(or desire)
of keeping.

Commitment does not promise love.
Nay, it does not need to be
explicitly said,
or vowed upon.
Its not as if vows make it eternal anyway.


"Seek ye first his love, and commitment will follow thereafter."

And the sweet, passionate lovers,
(of twenty or more years)
say

"Amen."

PostScript: And if he or she
has no love for you
(it died. duh.)
commitment just makes it worse.