BELIEF

A pragmatic approach to a relationship much wanted though.

By Stanley Collymore

 

I know well enough that because of the existing

circumstances in your life, heavily influenced by

the past, I have neither a legal nor any moral

entitlement to a love-affair with you. And any

right which I presently enjoy in this regard

to claim some of your time is wholly

dependent on the continuance of our

relationship, itself nurtured on the love

that we share for each other and

that I hope with all my heart will

overcome the many obstacles

that are ranged against it.

 

For to have to give you up would be a disaster,

that I would find extremely hard to reconcile

myself with; but to lose either your love

or respect would be the kind

of catastrophe that dishonour alone

engenders and death completes.

 

But despite this full and clear recognition

that I both need and desperately want you in

a meaningful way in my life, I nevertheless

could never resort to either pressuring

or deceiving you into ever doing

anything that you were

unsure of or had set your mind

against. For your personal

happiness will always be my

overriding concern. And only death -  

the final arbiter in these matters - stands

any realistic chance of ever altering that fact.

 

ã Stanley V. Collymore

24 December 1997.

Reviews

[Owl]

I really like this. I love how you use so many long words and yet it still has a really nice flow to it! It's brilliantly written. Even though it's written so pragmatically, it still has a strong sense of emotion to it.