I don’t want your magnanimous love.
I’d rather be alone
then tolerated
because you are
the
bigger
person.

I am not a project
to deal with
on your way
to greater things.
Leave me alone
Move around me
or allow me to move out of your way.

At the end of the day
I won’t be a part
of the problems you overcome
or the pain you push through
as the background
or the set up
for the ******
wherein
look close
only your story
matters.

I am sure you’ll find another problem
perhaps there is one
bigger
greater
and more impressive
than the problem of me.

That’s what you need.
To prove
that you are worthy of the love
you give yourself.

If that’s what you are after
don’t loiter.
There is much to be done
and more world to save
and I’m just one
nobody will notice
when you let me go
and I won’t tell them
and God won’t know.

So shh.
Gently
tiptoe
We can part ways seamlessly
and you can be better
and I can be free.