No Joy Or Sorrow

About when people become bored or weary with the monotony of their lives

She professes love for me
Unending, and I'm everything she could want
But I don't see what she could see
I'm not made to be your shining light
Or for long, withdrawn winter nights
Together under the blankets

My friends are in a frenzy
Dancing, falling in love in a whirl
Indulging movie-based fantasies
I'm not cut out for strobe lights
Or for the drug-fueled club nights
Together until the tired morning

I'm not in love
Nothing fills me with joy or sorrow
Anger has no place in my heart
I'm between love and revulsion
Just empty and weary
I've made boredom into an art

My family all expect me to build a life
To develop a normal sense of future
I want nothing now, no children or bloated wife
I'm on the outside of society
No love lost or gained for me
Just a constant sense of in completion

I'm not in love
Nothing fills me with joy or sorrow
Anger has no place in my heart
I'm between love and revulsion
Just empty and weary
I've made boredom into an art

Reviews

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Hey, I can totally relate to this piece! This explains perfectly how I'm feeling these days. :)

I'm not in love
Nothing fills me with joy or sorrow
Anger has no place in my heart
I'm between love and revulsion
Just empty and weary
I've made boredom into an art

This stanza struck me the most.. I love how you stated "I've made boredom into an art." Lovely. Simply lovely! Thanks for this, Jay! :x

[Pryde Foltz]

I'm not in love
Nothing fills me with joy or sorrow
Anger has no place in my heart
I'm between love and revulsion
Just empty and weary
I've made boredom into an art

You sound like you are grieving to me, but what is the question. This was a wonderful piece.

[Clara]

Jay, this was such an honest and heartfelt write.

Life does get so weary at times -- and the idea of 'a normal sense of future', complete with 'children' and a 'bloated wife' (loved how you used that adjective there) isn't for everyone. That's not a bad thing though.

I think many people can relate to this piece. Great write.

[Simon Welsh]

I understand what this is about. I'm also not in a frenzy :P