Positively Yours: The Diaries of a Pessimist

Every time I see those eyes It stops my heart for a little while Their piercing gaze haunts me Even when I look away. I want to kiss those lips Which have taken over my dreams I want to hold her tight And forever keep her close to me. Her angelic smile,  Has robbed me of joy It lingers in my mind And pricks gently at my soul. So seldom does love come calling Into my empty life So seldom do I feel my hear beat For something other than living. Yet again, we play this game Of hide and seek. And as before love chooses to hide In a place that I cannot seek. 

I pick up my pen today. I feel like writing Today my emotions want to flow Like a flood that's long been dammed And won't be stopped anymore. I shall write of life, Of love and the days gone by Or the days yet to come. I shall pen a beautiful verse For the one who visits me in my dreams. My verses shall echo the pain of the earth They shall speak of tyranny They shall exude the sweet smells Of intellectual revolutions, of hope And peace in our lifetimes. Today shall be the day I write Today shall be the day I create The greatest lines to be written As soon as I can learn to dream again, I swear to my pen, I shall write. 

So you might have guessed from the title that I'm socially awkward. I certainly hope so, its so much easier when your reader understands what you're trying to express. Much like having a friend. Which brings me to the topic of the essay (see what I did there?). Throughout the course of our lives, we inevitably create bonds of companionship and comradery which make our lives more livable and worthwhile. And even though the fact that we all make friends is undebatable; there is a pronounced difference in the rate and voracity with which different individuals make these relationships.  There are people that I have come across in life, who seem to connect to people with an ease that would make James Bond doubt his social skills. They seem to know exactly what to say and whom to say it to. And most amazingly, they can make time for most of the connections they make. Don't get me wrong here, I am not saying that this habit or these people ought to be corrected. On the contrar...