Because I Love You
let me tell you the story
of a boy who wasn’t man
enough to love.
it goes something like:
because i love you…
i can’t be with you.
because i love you…
you should delete that picture.
because i love you…
don’t do that.
it’s embarrassing.
because i love you…
because you love me, don’t you?
-
because i love me
i am not with him.
because i love me
i did not delete that picture.
because i love me
i chose myself wholly.
embarrassments and all.
-
to the man that i love:
because i love you…
let me take you out to eat.
i’ll pay.
because i love you…
you will never be lonely
even if i am distant.
because i love you…
you will never have
to question if i do.
you have every bit
of me. though my
heart does not beat
for you - it beats
because of you;
rapidly and erratically.
because i love you.