Confusion, a short story

What did she want? I seem to spend almost all of my life trying to work this out, should it be such a puzzle? This whole relationship thing could just be beyond me.

When it started it was all love and lust. Of course things change, they always do. I am just not sure what this has become now.

I don’t want to give up on things, but there has to come a time when that decision has to be made.

I would just feel like such a fool if I finished things and there could have been a simple solution which I was missing. Part of me thinks that I should go with the flow, while another says to be a man and make the break.

Am I happy? That has to be the main question and the answer to that is no. I am spending half my time stressing about what to do next and the rest of the time on eggshells. That in itself should give me the answer. The only thing to do is talk, explain how I feel, and see what she says. Then it will, somehow, resolve itself. Let’s do this!

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Disappointment

When a child, they are a god to you

They lead, you follow

Bigger, stronger, more confident

Then you grow, begin to catch up

And finally overtake

You want to learn, to improve

But they seem to be stuck in their ways

Even regressing

Unwilling to change, to grow up

They weren’t clever after all

Just bigger and stronger

What a disappointment

My big brother, America

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© Neil Hayes and neilhayeswriter