JustMeg

*************************** South African ***************************** Poet/Photographer/Person

[meganlucas]

Ganges River (Hindi Ganga) Varanasi, India 

“On the banks of the River Ganges, you cannot help but be silent. We watched the morning rituals with inexperienced eyes, fires burned and smoke filled the air and a sense of calm came over me. There is a strange atmosphere of desperation and hope that surrounds you and whether you are a believer or not, when you cross the ghat, something in you believes in something.” Megan C Lucas 

[meganlucas]

Well, Hello again...

It has been too many years and going through it all, I regret not having remained consistent. I have so much catching up to do.  In short, The world is not the same.  I am not the same. 

[meganlucas]

Dear Caring Friend Being single is not synonymous with loneliness. I am not lonely and I am not looking for a man to fill any voids in my spirit or my body. As my friend, you should know that I have standards and that I am not falling at the feet of every man who says I'm pretty or bounces his hand against my curls. Just because I flirt does not mean I want to have sex and just because I have sex does not mean I am desperate for a relationship. Take a step back. please stop setting me up with guys. Stop looking for sparks. You should want the things for me that I want for me. If you don't know what I want for me then you aren't trying hard enough to know me. Please stop suggesting things and people to me. I need your standards to be higher than mine. I need you to say my friend deserves the most amazing kiss or the most passionate sex or the most romantic life and so anyone who so much as puckers his lips in my direction is probably wasting his time. I only ask this because I do it for you. You deserve so much better than you think you do. you deserve so much more than you have. I am only wary of your partner because I care about your heart not because I'm jealous or pining for one myself. You being in a relationship is not a sad reminder that I'm not in one. I am learning who I am. I am learning what I want. I need you to learn with me. It's awkward when you push me to talk to guys you think are interested and then leave me to have to gently let them down. Some guys don't know how to receive rejection without feeling insulted and you pushing me to talk to someone with the hopes that we might fall in love and live happily ever after not only puts my heart in danger, it puts my life in danger too. I need you to be my protector. My knight. My brave. Sometimes I can't make the right decisions and I need you to step in. Please don't say to me that your wanting to find me a boyfriend is only because you're worried or you care or you don't want me to be lonely. I am the strongest I've been in years. I am happy and independent and doing things without having to ask for permission. I am flirting with life and you're smothering me with your misplaced concern. Please. I love you.

Megan C Lucas

[meganlucas]

[meganlucas]

[meganlucas]

You should never be afraid to use the ugly you’ve been dealt for your art. People really need to learn to behave

[meganlucas]

When books recommend people.

[meganlucas]

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[meganlucas]

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[meganlucas]

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[meganlucas]

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[meganlucas]

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[meganlucas]

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[theliteraryjournals]

I also hate people to ask cheerfully how you are when they know you’re feeling like hell and expect you to say ‘fine’.

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via theliteraryjournals)

[bellejarpoetry]

I guess the hardest part in letting him go was realizing that I was the rough draft, and she was the final copy. He marked me up, leaving scratches and foot notes along my skin, so that when the time came, she could be clear of his mistakes. But he should never forget that he still has traces of my ink on side of his hand. The hand I used to hold.

Belle Jar (via belle-jarred)

[meganlucas]

Sometimes we let our weak hearts rule but sometimes we must be stronger. #poetry #poet #Poem #cheating #broken #betrayal #understanding #sidechick #love #sex #secrets #growth #MeganCLucas #writing

[meganlucas]

An old letter to a best friend and an ex friend. #poetry #apology #MeganCLucas #writing #journal #words #self #sorry #friendship #betrayal #truth #forgiveness #writers #heartbreak #breakup #write #insecurities #poets #poems #loyalty #lies #relationships