I live in a world of people
Who take things as they are
Who wallow in inertia
Wait around for someone else
To do to act

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I’ve been
Chasing explaining persuading
For a lifetime now
And I’m wondering
What I need to shift internally
To extricate myself from this role
I thought you needed
The information energy strategy
But you lack the will entirely
Making my efforts useless pointless
And self destructive
From the ensuing frustration

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Your conceptualization
Of me shutting you out
Is me no longer chasing after you
Doing all the relationship work

You make no effort
Intransigent
Reactive to what I do or do not put out
Instead of putting out something
Of your own

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