Hate

Author's note: Is this directed at someone? Is it just ambiguous? Who knows? While writing this poem, I focused primarily on this greater sense. Although leaving the person would not be in their best interests, s/he's reached a point where s/he can look beyond his/her own life and sacrifice his/her own happiness in order to stop dragging the other person down.

Shiver as I walk away,

Don't want to leave but I can't stay,

I'm a cancerous, malignant growth,

I cause you pain, and won't let go,

So for your sake I'll crawl from your side,

Leaving everything behind,

It's for your good that I must leave,

Fade into painful memories,

I don't deserve to have you in my life,

You helped me grow whilst I turned a blind eye,

Yet you listened to my pain fueled rants,

And suicidal memories,

Showed me that someone would care,

If I never showed or reappeared,

So thanks for everything you’ve done for me,

Ending wars that I wage on myself,

And tried to show me the sun,

But I’m dragging you down, an impediment,

I can’t carry my own weight,

I’ll cut myself loose and fall to the earth,

So you can reach the stars.