Love

I could change this course
if I really felt the need
to revert to the past
where I liked to bleed

I could have you for mine
to sport you to friends
to be sexually indulged by you
seemingly without ends

I could watch you grow
and help you live
I could take care of you
everything you need, I'd give

but what would it get me
in the long run
you'd leave for someone your age
and I'd be done

I'd die again
like so many times in the past
bleeding to death
this, be final death, at last

I could change your life
but it's not for me to do
so I let you go on now
-free-
because I truly love you
and I also love me.
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