#we're all weird and unrelatable but then those of us who are aro ace or both get told that we're some special kind of confusing

[firstscreameverissuedfromthevoid]

The Normal Way

No one is ever going to know you.

You will die with your soul achingly untouched,

And you will not be special for it.

Every day, we come in and out of the world together:

Doctors cradle babies out of the birth canal,

Hand them to their mothers, wet from excision.

Grandchildren hold the hands of dementia patients

As they lay in their beds flickering like candles.

Yes, these are good things. Yes, they are done together.

Yes, still, we are all alone.

You don’t really need to be accompanied,

You don’t need pure wordless understanding,

Your soulmate never did and never will exist.

It is ok.

You will not be special for it.

#poem #poetry #originally written in 2021 #asexuality #aromantic #aroace #I hope this doesn't come off too depressing #'you will not be special for it' is comforting to me #we're all weird and unrelatable but then those of us who are aro ace or both get told that we're some special kind of confusing #we're really not #literally no one has ever found easy digestible true love #love and relationships are hard work even for allos #so it's ok to live alone even if it's for the rest of your life #you're just like me and you're even just like allo people #not having a soulmate isn't weird bc they don't exist and YOU ARE GONNA BE OK #I love you all to the best of my limited capacity ^_^