The Right Place
“I just can’t seem to find someone
Who’s the right one for me”
Is what many single folks do
Solemnly decree
They talk about relationships
That ended up a waste
Never realizing it’s
Because they were not chased
Going to the bar does not
Count as making an effort
It’s just a place where people go
To drown sorrows and flirt
Superficial interactions
Lacking depth and soul
You’ll hardly ever meet someone
At one who’ll make you whole
“So if a bar’s not the right place
To find some soul and heart
Maybe a church is the best
Location to then start!”
If you think this to yourself
Be sure that you think twice
Just because someone believes
Does not mean they are nice
It’s been my experience
That churches, much like bars
Are just a place where people go
To try to forget scars
Despite their claims of following
Their Lord and Savior, Christ
I’ve met so many Christians
Whose temperaments were iced
They did not glow or radiate
With love and selflessness
They did not engage or welcome
Or any warmth express
“How ‘bout work? There’s a cute girl
Or guy I work beside
Surely they would make a perfect
Groom for me or bride”
Work’s another place that doesn’t
Usually pan out
Just one simple reason why
It’s not the ideal route:
Money is why so many
Couples who worked together
Were not able to endure
The harsh and nasty weather
Places where you make your dough
Are filled with people who
Are less concerned about others
Than making funds accrue
Same reason why many don’t
Have true friends at their trade
Most would throw you under bus
If it meant getting paid
“So not at bars or at a church
Or where you earn your pay
There’s got to be a place where folks
Can meet someone today!
How ‘bout school? There’s a guy or
Girl I’ve had my eye on”
Sorry, school’s the same as work
Your classmate will not fawn
Because, like work, they’re too busy
Accumulating grades
You’ll find about as much depth as
A quick game of charades
“So where’s a girl or guy supposed to
Find their one true love?”
I’ll tell you this, it likely won’t
Be one of the above
It probably won’t be wherever
You usually go
But something wonderful might happen
If you choose to grow
And venture out to new places
You haven’t ever been
Seeking something with more depth
Than just a lust for skin
I can only reassure
By telling you I’ve tried
All of the methods mentioned
And never found a bride
Until I left my comfort zone
And ventured somewhere new
That’s the only right place where
I found love that was true
Think about it, you won’t get
Your inspiration from
Negative and lazy people
Who are sour and glum
You won’t find hope among the folks
With whom you make your cash
Because the main thing on their minds
Is adding to their stash
And love is nowhere to be found
At places that serve booze
Bars are just places where folks
Go to drown all their blues
I cannot tell you exactly
Where “right place” may be
But it’s not part of your daily
Route, I’ll guarantee
If it’s love you’re looking for
The true and profound kind
The only way to find it is
If your legs are inclined
To move you out from your old path
And search new places where
Someone’s not just thinking of
Their own selfish affair
Their own pay or their drink or their
Own pass to pearly gates
Or their straight A’s, all of these things
Will lead to dead-end dates
Make an effort, seek and find
Get up and search for it
The right place is likely the one
You currently omit
Miro
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