What Shatters a Relationship?

“What shatters a relationship?” I asked.
And he just looked at me as if the answer to my question is so obvious.
I frowned.
“Is it the lack of communication?” I asked him.
“Not necessarily, but of course it is a factor,” he said.
“Hmm, along with distrust… changed of feeling… discontentment…. Why are people never contented?” I asked him.
“Because contentment is a matter of choice,” he said. “Very few people choose to be contented.”
I was silent.
If people are never contented -
They couldn't stop to yearn for more, naturally.
Demands more of the relationship than what can be given freely –
And once they do that –
Then it tarnishes love, until it becomes love no more –
For what is essential in a relationship –
What keeps it burning constantly –
Is the strong yearning to give –
Cy02.21.06

Cicatrix

The pain is gone, and the wounds are all healing –
But the cicatrix beneath –
Is the constant reminder that –
Once there was pain –
Time, they say, is the greatest healer –
But it is not time that has healed it –
Acceptance was the healer.
And from the pain there was wisdom…

One can never undo what has happened.
One can either go on or linger –

In my mind I could ask questions –
What it is that shatters a relationship?
Is it the lack of communication?
People, how often do they change?
And what changes a person?
Is it a moment?
How can one right a wrong?
How deep can a wound be?
And does the capacity to heal ever depends on how deep the wound is?
And cicatrix... how can one hide it?
Cy02.12.06

This Pricking Sensation

“This is so weird” I said.
“Hmm,” he murmured. “What is?” he asked.
“This pricking sensation…” I drifted off…
“Pricking sensation?” he laughed.
“It is not at all funny!” I said indignantly.
He cleared his throat.
“What is wrong?’ he said.
“I have this weird pricking feeling of being watched… “I confessed lamely.
“You are being watched,” he said. “You will always be surrounded by spectators, we all are, but it is up to you if you let them get into your nerves...”
I stared at him numbly.
But he just went on saying:
“You must never let other people disrupt the calmness within you…”
Cy02.06.06