Is There a Way

 Life is not a problem to be solved, 
but a reality to be experienced.
~ Soren Kierkegaard

Is there a proper way to love 
     and to be loved?

My mother says yes, my sister says no,
my brother just shrugs and leaves the room.

 He has things to do: wash the car, go shoot pool, 
     smoke a little weed out back. 

His girlfriend says she doesn’t mind 
     as long as he pays the bills
he can go where he wants 
     and see who he wants to see. 

Her mama cringes a little and says
     as long as she is happy,
     it’s not up to me. 

My friend married a man thirty years older,
had a fling with a man thirty years younger,
now she is single and says she’s content
     with her own company
     although she does have 
     three dogs
     and a cat. 

Is there a proper way to love 
    and to be loved?
Do not ask me~
love is a mystery!

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