One Or The Other Poem by Danusha Marie

I don’t know what
The future holds
One or the other
Till someone folds

Professed love
It’s not a competition
One holds my heart
The other guilt’s manipulation

I won’t apologize
For what I feel
The kind man
Is genuine and real

The obsessive one
Uses guilt or flattery
Bouncing me around
From proposal to shattering

There’s only one I can breath with
Not walk on eggshells
Honesty wins the spirit
Being myself from deep wells

One professes love
But wants possession
I prefer the gentle dove
And not love’s digression

Love is to be revered
Not won like a prize
Life is to be shared
Letting our best selves rise

Screw the pressure
To spin fake with zeal
I choose to treasure
And give to the man that is real

(4/19/14 1: 23am)