In Search Of A Meaningful Relationship Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

You turned an intimate relationship,
I wanted to have with just you...
Into a competition.
And from the moment we met...
That is exactly what you pursued to do.

And today after expressing regret,
For letting your misunderstanding...
Allow you to take such foolish steps,
You wish to begin again...
What we had back then!

I can't.

'Why?
I thought we had something 'special'.'

I did too.
But the role you chose to play,
On a daily basis...
I could no longer take.
You needed to compete?
Well...
I lost.
And not a regret do I express.

'So what are you saying? '

I am in search of a meaningful relationship.
Not a competition.