It’s not that I hate you,
But rather
That I love myself.
I go so deeply into your process
With compassion
For what?
Why?
I have my own
To tend to.
Here are my feelings
Laid out bare
For your viewing displeasure
Separation with you
Creates closeness in me
My heart is the center
To which I
Dutifully return
If only I could have
Both you and I
At once
But I am still learning
To be present
With my own experience
To set boundaries
For my own self-identification
I believe in Us
To find balance
In the ebb and flow
Of together
And apart
I still wonder why,
Why even try?
Relationship is a mystery
Desire stays alive
I go,
I stay,
You leave,
You return,
And we are left forever
Improved
Relate, hate
Make peace with disharmony
Senses betray
Logic lacks
All I know is
Tension reminds me to
Love myself.
Ethereal Ecology 