Rejection
You are not what I am wanting.
Don’t offer to change.
The desire to change yourself
Is itself off-putting.
I know myself well enough
To know what I want;
And what I want is not to be found in you.
This isn’t to be lamented,
Mourned or concerned.
But to be celebrated.
Because if I had you as you are,
I wouldn’t be happy.
If you were to change, you wouldn’t be happy.
By taking you,
It would be as to someone else
Not having you.
This someone would find affection,
Where I see only flaws.
Would find joy, where I see annoyance.
A union should be frictionless.
Two pieces of a puzzle coming together,
Not a round peg, conforming to a square hole.
Don’t get me wrong,
This is not a criticism of you in any way.
You are perfect, but simply not perfect for me.
You are what someone is wanting;
And in turn you are wanting that someone.
But that someone is not me,
And you can never be my someone.
This poem is from the book, ‘Words On A Page’
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