Love and Relationships

“The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.” –W. H. Auden

I do not wish for you to know the ugly truth about me and yet I cannot lie to you.  So what to do?  I must not talk, I must not say – anything.

To say anything is to ruin the pristine image that I think that you have of me.  Do you wish to know that I am angry and sad and mean by turn?  Do you wish to know that I can be radically jealous, but will avoid vindictiveness at all costs?  Only to be dimly aware that my frustration slides out of me sideways, instead of straight on, like the words in a verse?

To hide anything feels like betrayal, and yet to reveal me betrays me.

One Comment

  • Bruce Baynard

    No one is perfect. We are all human , with both good and bad traits. We can only try and learn from our past and understand ourselves, in order to make the future better.
    Life is not always easy! but life is good. If you can find someone to share the joys of life with – you win.

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