882 Integrity

Let's talk now on the topic of
The love of people and relations.
We'll try to find a system so
That no more doubts or reservations.
Don't look to find your missing half,
The one you think you need to see.
You are, within, a whole yourself,
You'll find it there quite easily.

The problem lies elsewhere, you see -
We have no people whole and sound.
Co-dependency's the theme, indeed,
Relationships in it are bound.
You don't need another half
To make yourself complete.
Love is not a missing piece
You desperately need.

You can stand beside someone
And still remain your own.
Two complete and living souls,
Not one soul on loan.
People just want that someone else
Would fill the void within their soul.
They call this bond "relationship,"
It only reveals an empty hole.

The personality, emotions, memory,
The character, and much whatnot.
All this was made and put together
By higher nervous activity we've got.
We meet what stirs us, makes us feel,
It makes us release dopamine.
And if we lose that source of thrill,
The brain will draw us back again.

You don't need another half
To make yourself complete.
Love is not a missing piece
You desperately need.
You can stand beside someone
And still remain your own.
Two complete and living souls,
Not one soul on loan.

You could call this "I fell in love,"
Now we depend upon the object.
As in their field we sink above,
Our own reflexes grow suspect.
Relationship will take center stage,
And you'll feel glad for their success.
"It doesn't matter," you'll engage,
That they're not with you - more or less.

When you do love another person,
You want for them what's good and right.
But if it hurts, you are a cripple,
It's your own self-love and ego's blight.
Love is an affect, first of all,
But not the mother-child affection.
It wishes happiness and good,
Will lay down straw for your protection.

You don't need another half
To make yourself complete.
Love is not a missing piece
You desperately need.
If someone else's happiness
Can make your own heart breathe,
Maybe love has found its place
Beyond what you need.

Two whole people, side by side,
No hunger to possess.
Maybe that's where love begins -
When nothing needs to be less.




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